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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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mundane realism
Psychology; Social psychology
Degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations.
dual attitudes
Psychology; Social psychology
Differing implicit (automatic) and explicit (consciously controlled) attitudes toward the same object. Verbalized explicit attitudes may change with education and persuasion; ...
catharsis
Psychology; Social psychology
Emotional release. The catharsis view of aggression is that aggressive drive is reduced when one "releases" aggressive energy, either by acting aggressively or by fantasizing ...
values
Psychology; Social psychology
Enduring beliefs about important life goals that transcend specific situations.
social comparison
Psychology; Social psychology
Evaluating one's abilities and opinions by comparing oneself to others.
treatment group
Psychology; Social psychology
Experimental participants who are exposed to nonzero levels of the independent variable.
control group
Psychology; Social psychology
Experimental participants who are not exposed to the independent variable.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)