Home > Industry/Domain > Psychology
Psychology
The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
6Categories 44717Terms
Add a new termContributors in Psychology
Psychology > Social psychology 
sociobiology
Psychology; Social psychology
A scientific discipline concerned with identifying biological and genetic bases for social behavior in humans and other animals.
self-efficacy
Psychology; Social psychology
A sense that one is competent and effective, distinguished from self-esteem, one's sense of self-worth. A bombardier might feel high self-efficacy and low self-esteem.
gender role
Psychology; Social psychology
A set of behavior expectations (norms) for males and females.
ideology
Psychology; Social psychology
A set of beliefs and values held by the members of a social group, which explains its culture both to itself and to other groups.
superordinate goal
Psychology; Social psychology
A shared goal that necessitates cooperative effort; a goal that overrides people's differences from one another.
misattribution of arousal
Psychology; Social psychology
A situation in which the explanation of the physiological symptoms of arousal is switched from the real source to another one.
placebo effect
Psychology; Social psychology
A situation where people experience some change or improvement from an empty, fake, or ineffectual treatment.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)