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Psychology
The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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instrumental conditioning
Psychology; Social psychology
A form of learning in which a behavior becomes more or less probable, depending on it consequences. Rewards increase the probability that the behavior will be repeated, whereas ...
ingroup
Psychology; Social psychology
A group to which a person belongs and that forms a part of his or her social identity.
reference group
Psychology; Social psychology
A group to which people orient themselves, using its standards to judge themselves and the world.
cult
Psychology; Social psychology
A group typically characterized by (1) distinctive ritual and beliefs related to its devotion to a god or a person, (2) isolation from the surrounding "evil" culture, and (3) a ...
new religious movement
Psychology; Social psychology
A group typically characterized by (1) distinctive ritual and beliefs related to its devotion to a god or a person, (2) isolation from the surrounding "evil" culture, and (3) a ...
optimistic explanatory style
Psychology; Social psychology
A habitual tendency to attribute negative events to external, unstable, and specific causes, and positive events to internal, stable, and global causes.
depressive explanatory style
Psychology; Social psychology
A habitual tendency to attribute negative events to internal, stable, and global causes, and positive events to external, unstable, and specific causes.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)