General psychology

General psychology

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General psychology

James–Lange theory of emotion

Psychology; General psychology

A peripheral-feedback theory of emotion stating that an eliciting stimulus triggers a behavioral response that sends different sensory and motor feedback to the brain and creates the feeling of a ...

phobia

Psychology; General psychology

A persistent and irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that is excessive and unreasonable, given the reality of the threat.

social phobia

Psychology; General psychology

A persistent, irrational fear that arises in anticipation of a public situation in which an individual can be observed by others.

dissociative disorder

Psychology; General psychology

A personality disorder marked by a disturbance in the integration of identity, memory, or consciousness.

self-concept

Psychology; General psychology

A person's mental model of his or her abilities and attributes.

A phenomenon in which an organism does not learn a new stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus, because the new stimulus is presented simultaneously with a stimulus that is already effective ...

sensory adaptation

Psychology; General psychology

A phenomenon in which receptor cells lose their power to respond after a period of unchanged stimulation; allows a more rapid reaction to new sources of information.