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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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General psychology
possible selves
Psychology; General psychology
The ideal selves that a person would like to become, the selves a person could become, and the selves a person is afraid of becoming; components of the cognitive sense of self.
spontaneous-remission effect
Psychology; General psychology
The improvement of some mental patients and clients in psychotherapy without any professional intervention; a baseline criterion against which the effectiveness of therapies must be assessed.
resistance
Psychology; General psychology
The inability or unwillingness of a patient in psychoanalysis to discuss certain ideas, desires, or experiences.
dissociative amnesia
Psychology; General psychology
The inability to remember important personal experiences, caused by psychological factors in the absence of any organic dysfunction.
sensory memory
Psychology; General psychology
The initial memory processes involved in the momentary preservation of fleeting impressions of sensory stimuli.
context of discovery
Psychology; General psychology
The initial phase of research, in which observations, beliefs, information, and general knowledge lead to a new idea or a different way of thinking about some phenomenon.
language-making capacity
Psychology; General psychology
The innate guidelines or operating principles that children bring to the task of learning a language.
