ABSTRACT

A Student's Concise Dictionary of Psychology contains over 1900 definitions from ablation to zygote. There are references to words, phrases and eminent psychological figures and David A. Statt has taken into account the most recent developments in psychology to present the definitions in a clear, instructive and concise manner.
This book will be an invaluable source of information for students of psychology and its easily accessible style will make it an indispensable reference tool for those in related professions such as health and social work.

letter A|13 pages

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Ablation

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Abnormal or atypical psychology

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Abnormality

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Abreaction

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Absolute morality

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Absolute threshold

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Absolutism (in moral development)

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Accommodation

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Acculturation

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Acculturation strategy

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Achieved status

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Achievement, need for

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Acoustic coding

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Acquired characteristic

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Acquired drive

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Acquired status

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Acting out

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Action slips

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Active sleep

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Actor–observer effect

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Actualising tendency

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Acuity

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Adaptation

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Adaptation level

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Adaptation time

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Adaptive

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Addiction

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Adjustment

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Adler, Alfred (1870–1937)

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Adolescence

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Adrenal glands

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Adrenaline

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Aesthesiometer

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Aetiology

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Affect

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Affectionless psychopathy

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Afferent

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Affiliation, need for

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Affordances

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After-image

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Age-grading

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Ageing

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Ageism

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Agentic state

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Agnosia

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Agoraphobia

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Aha reaction

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AI

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Alexia

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Algorithms

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Alienation

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Allele

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All-or-none principle

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Alpha bias

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Alpha rhythm

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Alter ego

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Altercasting

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Altered states of consciousness

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Alternative hypothesis

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Altruism

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Alzheimer’s disease

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Ambiguity, tolerance for

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Ambiguous figures

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Ambivalence

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Amnesia

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Amnesia, infantile

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Amygdalotomy

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Anaclitic depression

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Anaesthesia

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Anal stage

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Analogies test

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Analysand

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Analysis

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Analysis of variance

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Analyst

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Anchoring

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Androcentric bias

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Androgynous

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Animism

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Anisogamy

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Anomie

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Anorexia nervosa

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ANS

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Anthropocentric

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Anthropology

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Anthropomorphism

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Anticipatory socialisation

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Anti-social behaviour

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Anti-social personality

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Anxiety

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Aphasia

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Apparent motion

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Apperception

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Applied psychology

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Appraisal

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Approach–approach conflict

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Approach–avoidance conflict

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Aptitude

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Aptitude test

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Arachnophobia

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Archetype

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Arcuate fasciculus

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Army Alpha Tests

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Arousal/cost–reward model

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Arousal level

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Articulatory-phonological loop

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Artificial intelligence (AI)

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Asceticism

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Ascribed status

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Assertiveness training

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Assimilation

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Association

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Association areas

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Association test

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Asylum

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Atavistic

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Attachment

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Attention

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Attitude

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Attitude scale

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Attributions

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Auditory cortex

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Augmenting principle

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Authoritarian personality

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Autistic

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Autokinetic effect

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Automatic processes

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Autonomic conditioning

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Autonomic nervous system

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Autonomous morality

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Autonomy stage

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Autosuggestion

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Availability heuristic

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Aversion therapy

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Avoidance

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Avoidance–avoidance conflict

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Avoidance learning

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Avoidant attachment (type A)

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Awareness

letter B|10 pages

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Babble

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Babinski reflex

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Backward conditioning

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Balance theory

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Bandwagon effect

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Barbiturates

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Bar chart

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Bard–Cannon theory

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Basal ganglia

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Basic mistrust

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Basic personality

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Basic trust

entry |1 pages

Battle fatigue

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Bayley Scales of Infant Development

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Becoming

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Bedlam

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Behaviour modification

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Behaviour therapy

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Behavioural genetics

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Behavioural model of abnormality

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Behavioural science

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Behavioural therapy

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Behaviourism

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Belief system

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Bell-shaped curve

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Bender-Gestalt Test

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Benzodiazepines

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Bernreuter Personality Inventory

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Beta bias

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Beta rhythm

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Biased sample

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Bilateral

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Bilateral transfer

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Bimodal distribution

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Binet, Alfred (1857–1911)

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Binet Scale

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Binocular cues

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Binocular disparity

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Binocular fusion

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Biofeedback

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Biological clock

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Biological determinism

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Biosocial

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Bipolar disorder

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Birth order

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Birth trauma

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Bisexuality

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Black box

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Blacky pictures

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Blaming the victim

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Bleuler, Eugen

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Blind spot

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Blindsight

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Blob

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Blocking

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Body image

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Body language

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Bond disruption

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Bonding

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Boomerang effect

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Borderline

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Bottom-up processing

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Bowlby, John (1907–1990)

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Brain

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Brain damage

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Brain localisation

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Brain potential

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Brain stimulation

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Brainstorming

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Brainwashing

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Brain waves

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Breakthrough

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Brightness constancy

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Broca’s Area

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Brood parasitism

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Buffers

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Bulimia nervosa

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Burnout

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Bystander apathy

letter C|18 pages

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CA

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CAI

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California F-Scale

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California Infant Scale

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Cannon–Bard theory

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Capacity

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Cardiovascular disorders

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Caregiving sensitivity hypothesis

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Castration complex

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CAT

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Catalepsy

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Cataplexy

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Catatonic

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Categorical differentiation

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Catharsis

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Cathexis

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CAT scan

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Cautious shift

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Censorship

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Central executive

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Central nervous system

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Central organising trait

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Central tendency

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Centration

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Centring

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Cephalocaudal

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Cerebellum

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Cerebral cortex

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Cerebral dominance

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Cerebral hemispheres

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Cerebrum

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Cff

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Change agent

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Character armour

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Character disorder

entry |1 pages

Charcot, Jean Marie (1825–1893)

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Charisma

entry |1 pages

Child development

entry |1 pages

Childhood

entry |1 pages

Childhood amnesia

entry |1 pages

Children’s Apperception Test (CAT)

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Child’s theory of mind

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Chi-squared test

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Choice shift

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Chromosomes

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Chronobiology

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Chunking

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Cingulotomy

entry |1 pages

Circadian rhythm

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Circannual rhythm

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Clairvoyance

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Classical conditioning

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Claustrophobia

entry |1 pages

Clever Hans

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Client

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Client-centred therapy

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Clinical method

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Clinical psychologist

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Clinical psychology

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Clock shifting

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Closure

entry |1 pages

Clustering

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CNS

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Coacting group

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Cocktail party effect

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Coefficient of relatedness

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Co-evolution

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Cognition

entry |1 pages

Cognitive-behavioural therapy

entry |1 pages

Cognitive bias

entry |2 pages

Cognitive development

entry |1 pages

Cognitive dissonance

entry |1 pages

Cognitive ergonomics

entry |1 pages

Cognitive labelling theory

entry |1 pages

Cognitive learning theory

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Cognitive map

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Cognitive model of abnormality

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Cognitive neuropsychology

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Cognitive neuroscience

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Cognitive overload

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Cognitive priming

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Cognitive psychology

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Cognitive restructuring

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Cognitive revolution

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Cognitive science

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Cognitive therapy

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Cognitive triad

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Cohort effect

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Cold emotion

entry |1 pages

Collective mind

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Collectivist

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Colour blindness

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Colour constancy

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Colour contrast

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Colour vision

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Combat fatigue

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Communicator credibility

entry |1 pages

Community psychology

entry |1 pages

Comorbidity

entry |1 pages

Comparative psychology

entry |1 pages

Comparison level

entry |2 pages

Compensation

entry |1 pages

Completion test

entry |1 pages

Complex

entry |1 pages

Compliance

entry |1 pages

Compulsion

entry |1 pages

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI)

entry |1 pages

Conation

entry |1 pages

Concept formation

entry |1 pages

Concordance rate

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Concrete operations stage

entry |1 pages

Concrete thinking

entry |1 pages

Conditioned response

entry |2 pages

Conditioned stimulus

entry |1 pages

Conditioning

entry |1 pages

Conditioning theory

entry |1 pages

Conduction aphasia

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Cones

entry |1 pages

Confabulation

entry |1 pages

Confirmation bias

entry |1 pages

Conformity/majority influence

entry |1 pages

Confounding variables

entry |1 pages

Congenital

entry |2 pages

Connectionism

entry |1 pages

Consciousness

entry |1 pages

Consensual validation

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Conserve (conservation)

entry |1 pages

Consolidation

entry |1 pages

Conspecifics

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Constant object of love

entry |1 pages

Construct validity

entry |1 pages

Consumer psychology

entry |1 pages

Contact hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Contagion theory of crowds

entry |1 pages

Contamination

entry |2 pages

Content analysis

entry |1 pages

Context-dependent learning

entry |1 pages

Contiguity

entry |1 pages

Continuity

entry |1 pages

Continuous reinforcement

entry |1 pages

Contour

entry |1 pages

Contralateral

entry |1 pages

Control

entry |1 pages

Control group

entry |1 pages

Conventional stage

entry |1 pages

Convergent thinking

entry |1 pages

Conversion hysteria

entry |1 pages

Core sleep

entry |1 pages

Cornea

entry |1 pages

Corpus callosum

entry |1 pages

Correlation

entry |1 pages

Correlational analysis

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Correlation coefficient

entry |1 pages

Cortex

entry |1 pages

Co-twin control

entry |1 pages

Counterconditioning

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Counterculture

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Counter-stereotype

entry |1 pages

Counter-transference

entry |1 pages

Criterion group

entry |1 pages

Critical flicker frequency (cff)

entry |1 pages

Critical period

entry |1 pages

Critical value

entry |1 pages

Cross-cultural psychology

entry |1 pages

Cross-cultural variations in attachments

entry |1 pages

Cross-sectional research

entry |2 pages

Crowding behaviour

entry |1 pages

Cue-dependent forgetting

entry |1 pages

Cultural determinism

entry |1 pages

Cultural lag

entry |1 pages

Cultural relativism

entry |1 pages

Cultural universality

entry |1 pages

Culture

entry |1 pages

Culture-bound syndromes

entry |1 pages

Culture-free tests

entry |2 pages

Curve of forgetting

entry |1 pages

Curvilinear relationship

entry |1 pages

Cybernetics

letter D|10 pages

entry |1 pages

Dancing mania

entry |1 pages

Dark–light adaptation

entry |1 pages

Darwin, Charles (1809–1882)

entry |1 pages

Darwinian reflex

entry |1 pages

Day care

entry |1 pages

Death instinct

entry |1 pages

Debriefing

entry |1 pages

Decentration

entry |1 pages

Deception

entry |2 pages

Decision model

entry |1 pages

Decision rule

entry |1 pages

Declarative knowledge

entry |1 pages

Decoding

entry |1 pages

Decortication

entry |1 pages

Deductive reasoning

entry |1 pages

Deep processing

entry |1 pages

Defence mechanisms

entry |1 pages

Defensive attribution

entry |1 pages

Deferred imitation

entry |1 pages

Definition of the situation

entry |1 pages

Dehumanisation

entry |1 pages

Deindividuation

entry |1 pages

Déjà vu

entry |1 pages

Delayed gratification

entry |1 pages

Delayed reciprocal altruism

entry |1 pages

Delinquency

entry |1 pages

Delirium

entry |1 pages

Delirium tremens

entry |1 pages

Delta waves

entry |1 pages

Delusion

entry |1 pages

Delusions of grandeur

entry |1 pages

Delusions of persecution

entry |1 pages

Demand characteristics

entry |1 pages

Dementia

entry |1 pages

Denial

entry |2 pages

Dependence

entry |1 pages

Dependent variable

entry |1 pages

Depenetration

entry |1 pages

Depression

entry |1 pages

Deprivation

entry |1 pages

Deprivation dwarfism

entry |1 pages

Depth interview

entry |1 pages

Depth of processing

entry |1 pages

Depth perception

entry |1 pages

Depth psychology

entry |1 pages

Derived etic

entry |1 pages

Descriptive statistics

entry |1 pages

Desensitisation

entry |1 pages

Determinism

entry |1 pages

Developmental psychology

entry |1 pages

Developmental tasks

entry |1 pages

Deviance amplification effect

entry |1 pages

Deviant

entry |1 pages

Deviation

entry |1 pages

Deviation from ideal mental health

entry |1 pages

Deviation from social norms

entry |1 pages

Diabolism

entry |1 pages

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)

entry |1 pages

Diagnostic test

entry |1 pages

Diathesis–stress model

entry |1 pages

Dichotic listening task

entry |1 pages

Difference limen

entry |1 pages

Differential threshold

entry |1 pages

Differentiation

entry |1 pages

Diffusion of responsibility

entry |1 pages

Digit-span test

entry |1 pages

Diminishing returns

entry |1 pages

Dimorphism

entry |1 pages

Dipsomania

entry |1 pages

Direct fitness

entry |1 pages

Directional (one-tailed) hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Discounting principle

entry |1 pages

Discourse analysis

entry |1 pages

Discrimination

entry |1 pages

Disinhibition

entry |1 pages

Disintegration

entry |1 pages

Disorganised attachment (type D)

entry |1 pages

Displacement

entry |1 pages

Display

entry |1 pages

Display rules

entry |1 pages

Dispositional attributions/explanations

entry |2 pages

Dissociation

entry |1 pages

Dissociative disorders

entry |1 pages

Dissociative identity disorder

entry |1 pages

Distributed cognition

entry |1 pages

Distributed control

entry |1 pages

Distributed practice

entry |1 pages

Distribution

entry |1 pages

Distributive justice

entry |1 pages

Divergent thinking

entry |1 pages

Dizygotic twins

entry |1 pages

Dominance

entry |2 pages

Dominant gene

entry |1 pages

Doppler effect

entry |1 pages

Double-bind theory

entry |1 pages

Double-blind technique

entry |1 pages

Down’s syndrome

entry |1 pages

Draw-a-Person Test

entry |1 pages

Dream

entry |1 pages

Dream interpretation

entry |2 pages

Dream sleep

entry |1 pages

Dream wish

entry |1 pages

Dream work

entry |1 pages

Drive reduction

entry |1 pages

Drives

entry |1 pages

DTs

entry |1 pages

Dual personality

entry |1 pages

Duration

entry |1 pages

DV (dependent variable)

entry |1 pages

Dyad

entry |1 pages

Dynamic psychology

entry |1 pages

Dyslexia

letter E|12 pages

entry |1 pages

Eating disorder

entry |1 pages

Echoic response

entry |1 pages

Echoic store

entry |1 pages

Echolalia

entry |1 pages

Echolocation

entry |1 pages

Eclectic approach

entry |1 pages

Ecological validity

entry |1 pages

ECT

entry |1 pages

EEG

entry |2 pages

Effective stimulus

entry |1 pages

Efferent

entry |1 pages

Efficacy

entry |1 pages

Ego

entry |1 pages

Ego analysis

entry |1 pages

Egocentric speech

entry |1 pages

Egocentrism

entry |1 pages

Ego defence

entry |1 pages

Ego ideal

entry |1 pages

Ego psychology

entry |1 pages

Ego strength

entry |1 pages

Eidetic imagery

entry |1 pages

Elaborated code

entry |1 pages

Elaborative rehearsal

entry |1 pages

Electra complex

entry |1 pages

Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT)

entry |1 pages

Electrodes

entry |1 pages

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

entry |1 pages

Elementary mental functions

entry |1 pages

Embedded figure

entry |1 pages

Emic constructs

entry |1 pages

Emotion

entry |1 pages

Empathic joy hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Empathy

entry |1 pages

Empathy–altruism hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Empirical

entry |1 pages

Empiricism

entry |1 pages

Encephalitis

entry |1 pages

Encoding

entry |1 pages

Encounter group

entry |1 pages

Endocrine system

entry |1 pages

Endogamy

entry |1 pages

Endogenous

entry |1 pages

Endogenous depression

entry |1 pages

Endorphins

entry |1 pages

Engineering psychology

entry |1 pages

Engram

entry |1 pages

Enmeshment

entry |1 pages

Entraining

entry |1 pages

Entrapment

entry |1 pages

Enuresis

entry |1 pages

Environment of evolutionary adaptation (EEA)

entry |1 pages

Environmental determinism

entry |1 pages

Environmental-stress theory

entry |1 pages

Epigenesis

entry |1 pages

Epilepsy

entry |1 pages

Epiphenomenon

entry |1 pages

Episodic memory

entry |2 pages

Epistemology

entry |1 pages

Equal-status contact

entry |1 pages

Equilibration

entry |1 pages

Equipotentiality

entry |1 pages

Ergonomics

entry |1 pages

Erikson, Erik (1902–1979)

entry |1 pages

Erogenous zones

entry |1 pages

Eros

entry |1 pages

ESP

entry |1 pages

Estrogen

entry |2 pages

Ethical guidelines

entry |1 pages

Ethical issues

entry |1 pages

Ethnic groups

entry |1 pages

Ethnic identity

entry |1 pages

Ethnocentrism

entry |1 pages

Ethnographics

entry |1 pages

Ethological approach

entry |1 pages

Ethology

entry |1 pages

Etic constructs

entry |1 pages

Etiology

entry |1 pages

Eugenics

entry |1 pages

Eurocentric

entry |1 pages

Euthanasia

entry |1 pages

Evoked potentials

entry |1 pages

Evolution

entry |1 pages

Evolutionarily stable strategy

entry |1 pages

Evolutionary

entry |1 pages

Evolutionary psychiatry

entry |1 pages

Evolutionary psychology

entry |1 pages

Exchange theory

entry |1 pages

Exchange theory of friendship

entry |1 pages

Exhibitionism

entry |1 pages

Existential psychiatry

entry |2 pages

Existential psychology

entry |1 pages

Exogamy

entry |1 pages

Exogenous

entry |1 pages

Expected utility

entry |1 pages

Experiment

entry |1 pages

Experimental design

entry |1 pages

Experimental extinction

entry |1 pages

Experimental group

entry |1 pages

Experimental hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Experimental neurosis

entry |1 pages

Experimental psychology

entry |1 pages

Experimental realism

entry |1 pages

Experimental validity

entry |1 pages

Experimental variable

entry |1 pages

Experimenter bias

entry |1 pages

Experts

entry |1 pages

Expiatory punishment

entry |1 pages

Explicit memory

entry |1 pages

Expressed emotion

entry |1 pages

Extended family

entry |1 pages

Externalisation

entry |1 pages

External validity

entry |1 pages

Extrapunitive

entry |1 pages

Extrasensory perception (ESP)

entry |1 pages

Extraversion

entry |1 pages

Extrinsic

entry |1 pages

Extrinsic motivation

entry |1 pages

Eye contact

entry |2 pages

Eyewitness testimony

entry |1 pages

Eysenck, H. J. (1916–1997)

letter F|7 pages

entry |1 pages

F (Fascism) Scale

entry |1 pages

Fabulation

entry |1 pages

Face recognition

entry |1 pages

Face-to-face group

entry |1 pages

Face validity

entry |1 pages

Facework

entry |1 pages

Facilitation

entry |1 pages

Factor analysis

entry |1 pages

Failure to function adequately

entry |2 pages

Faith healing

entry |1 pages

False memory syndrome

entry |1 pages

Falsifiability

entry |1 pages

Family therapy

entry |1 pages

Fantasy

entry |1 pages

Father figure

entry |1 pages

Fear of failure

entry |1 pages

Fear of success

entry |2 pages

Fechner’s law

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Feedback

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Feeling tone

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Feminism

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Feral child

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Fetishism

entry |1 pages

Field

entry |1 pages

Field dependence

entry |1 pages

Field experiment

entry |1 pages

Field theory

entry |1 pages

Field work

entry |1 pages

Fight-or-flight response

entry |1 pages

Figural after-effect

entry |1 pages

Figure-and-ground

entry |1 pages

Fixation

entry |1 pages

Fixed action pattern

entry |1 pages

Fixed-alternative

entry |1 pages

Flashbulb memory

entry |1 pages

Flattening of affect

entry |1 pages

Flicker fusion frequency

entry |2 pages

Flight into illness

entry |1 pages

Floating affect

entry |1 pages

Flooding

entry |1 pages

Folie à deux

entry |1 pages

Foraging

entry |1 pages

Forced-choice technique

entry |1 pages

Foreclosure

entry |1 pages

Forensic psychology

entry |1 pages

Forgetting

entry |1 pages

Formal operations

entry |1 pages

Forward conditioning

entry |1 pages

Framing effect

entry |1 pages

Fraternal twins

entry |2 pages

Free association

entry |1 pages

Free-floating anxiety

entry |1 pages

Free will

entry |1 pages

Frequency

entry |1 pages

Frequency distribution

entry |1 pages

Frequency polygon

entry |1 pages

Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939)

entry |1 pages

Freudian slip

entry |1 pages

Frustration–aggression hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Fugue

entry |2 pages

Functional autonomy

entry |1 pages

Functional disorder

entry |1 pages

Functional fixedness

entry |1 pages

Functionalism

entry |1 pages

Functional MRI (fMRI)

entry |1 pages

Fundamental attribution error

letter G|6 pages

entry |1 pages

Gain–loss theory of interpersonal attraction

entry |1 pages

Gallup poll

entry |2 pages

Galton, Francis (1822–1911)

entry |1 pages

Galvanic skin response

entry |1 pages

Game theory

entry |1 pages

Gatekeeping

entry |1 pages

Gaussian curve

entry |1 pages

Gender

entry |1 pages

Gender bias

entry |1 pages

Gender identity

entry |1 pages

Gender role

entry |1 pages

Gender schema

entry |1 pages

Gender stereotypes

entry |1 pages

Gene pool

entry |2 pages

General adaptation syndrome (GAS)

entry |1 pages

Generalisation

entry |1 pages

Generalised other

entry |1 pages

General Problem Solver (GPS)

entry |1 pages

Generation gap

entry |1 pages

Generativity

entry |1 pages

Genes

entry |1 pages

Genetic determinism

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Genetics

entry |1 pages

Genital stage

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Genome

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Genotype

entry |1 pages

Geons

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Gerontology

entry |2 pages

Gesell development norms

entry |1 pages

Gestalt

entry |1 pages

Gestalt completion test

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Gestalt psychology

entry |1 pages

Glossolalia

entry |1 pages

Glucostats

entry |1 pages

Goal-directed behaviour

entry |1 pages

Goal-setting theory

entry |1 pages

Goodenough Draw-a-Person Test

entry |1 pages

Gradient

entry |1 pages

Grand mal

entry |1 pages

Graphology

entry |1 pages

Grasping reflex

entry |1 pages

Great-man theory

entry |1 pages

Group dynamics

entry |1 pages

Grouping

entry |1 pages

Group mind

entry |1 pages

Group norm

entry |1 pages

Group polarisation

entry |1 pages

Group selection theory

entry |1 pages

Group socialisation theory

entry |1 pages

Group-splitting hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Group test

entry |2 pages

Group therapy

entry |1 pages

Groupthink

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GSR

entry |1 pages

Guiding fiction

entry |1 pages

Guilt

entry |1 pages

Guilt culture

letter H|8 pages

entry |1 pages

Habit

entry |1 pages

Habituation

entry |2 pages

Hallucination

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Hallucinogen

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Halo effect

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Handedness

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Handicapping theory

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Handwriting analysis

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Haplodiploidy

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Hardiness

entry |1 pages

Hawthorne effect

entry |1 pages

Hearing loss

entry |1 pages

Hebephrenia

entry |1 pages

Hedonic

entry |2 pages

Hedonism

entry |1 pages

Hello–goodbye effect

entry |1 pages

Helplessness, learned

entry |1 pages

Hemispheres

entry |1 pages

Hemispheric asymmetry

entry |1 pages

Heredity

entry |1 pages

Heritability estimate

entry |1 pages

Heritage

entry |1 pages

Hermaphrodite

entry |1 pages

Heteronomous morality

entry |1 pages

Heterosexual bias

entry |1 pages

Heterosexuality

entry |1 pages

Heuristics

entry |1 pages

Hidden figure

entry |2 pages

Hidden observer phenomenon

entry |1 pages

Hierarchical model

entry |1 pages

Hierarchy of needs

entry |1 pages

Higher mental functions

entry |1 pages

Higher-order conditioning

entry |1 pages

Hindsight bias

entry |1 pages

Histogram

entry |1 pages

Holistic

entry |1 pages

Holophrastic period

entry |1 pages

Homeostasis

entry |1 pages

Homeostatic drive theory

entry |1 pages

Homing

entry |1 pages

Homologous

entry |1 pages

Homophobia

entry |1 pages

Homosexuality

entry |1 pages

Horizontal décalage

entry |1 pages

Horizontal–vertical illusion

entry |1 pages

Hormones

entry |1 pages

Horn effect

entry |1 pages

Horopter

entry |1 pages

“Hot House” Children

entry |1 pages

Human communication

entry |1 pages

Human engineering

entry |1 pages

Human factors

entry |1 pages

Humanism

entry |1 pages

Humanistic model

entry |1 pages

Humanistic psychology

entry |1 pages

Huntington’s chorea

entry |1 pages

Hydrocephalus

entry |1 pages

Hydrophobia

entry |1 pages

Hyperthyroidism

entry |1 pages

Hypnogenic

entry |1 pages

Hypnogogic state

entry |1 pages

Hypnosis

entry |1 pages

Hypnotherapy

entry |1 pages

Hypochondria

entry |1 pages

Hypothalamus

entry |1 pages

Hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Hypothetical construct

entry |1 pages

Hypothetico-deductive method

entry |1 pages

Hypovolemic thirst

entry |1 pages

Hysteria

entry |1 pages

Hysterical paralysis

letter I|10 pages

entry |1 pages

Iatrogenic

entry |1 pages

Iconic store

entry |1 pages

Id

entry |1 pages

Ideal mental health

entry |1 pages

Ideal self

entry |1 pages

Idée fixe

entry |1 pages

Identical twins

entry |1 pages

Identification

entry |1 pages

Identity

entry |2 pages

Identity achievement

entry |1 pages

Identity crisis

entry |1 pages

Identity diffusion

entry |1 pages

Identity formation

entry |1 pages

Idiographic approach

entry |1 pages

Idiot savant

entry |1 pages

Illusion

entry |1 pages

Illusion of outgroup homogeneity

entry |1 pages

Illusory correlation

entry |1 pages

Imageless thought

entry |1 pages

Imago

entry |1 pages

Imitation

entry |1 pages

Immanent justice

entry |2 pages

Immune system

entry |1 pages

Implicit learning

entry |1 pages

Implicit memory

entry |1 pages

Implicit personality theory

entry |1 pages

Imposed etic

entry |1 pages

Impression formation

entry |1 pages

Impression management

entry |1 pages

Imprinting

entry |1 pages

Inappropriate affect

entry |2 pages

Incest

entry |1 pages

Incidental learning

entry |1 pages

Inclusive fitness

entry |1 pages

Incongruence

entry |1 pages

Incorrect comparison theory

entry |1 pages

Incremental learning

entry |1 pages

Independent groups design

entry |1 pages

Independent variable

entry |1 pages

Indirect fitness

entry |1 pages

Individual differences

entry |1 pages

Individualistic

entry |1 pages

Inductive reasoning

entry |1 pages

Industrial psychology

entry |1 pages

Infantile amnesia

entry |1 pages

Infantile birth theories

entry |1 pages

Infantile sexuality

entry |1 pages

Infantilism

entry |1 pages

Inferential statistics

entry |1 pages

Inferiority complex

entry |1 pages

Informational social influence

entry |1 pages

Information processing

entry |1 pages

Information-processing framework

entry |1 pages

Information theory

entry |1 pages

Informed consent

entry |1 pages

Infradian rhythm

entry |1 pages

Ingroups

entry |1 pages

Inhibition

entry |1 pages

Inkblot test

entry |1 pages

Innate

entry |1 pages

Innate releasing mechanism

entry |1 pages

Inner-directed

entry |1 pages

Inoculation

entry |1 pages

Insecure attachment

entry |1 pages

Insight

entry |2 pages

Insight learning

entry |1 pages

Instinct

entry |1 pages

Institutionalisation

entry |1 pages

Institutional racism

entry |1 pages

Instrumental aggression

entry |1 pages

Instrumental conditioning

entry |1 pages

Instrumental learning

entry |1 pages

Integration

entry |1 pages

Intellectualising

entry |1 pages

Intelligence

entry |1 pages

Intelligence quotient (IQ)

entry |2 pages

Intelligence test

entry |1 pages

Interaction process analysis

entry |1 pages

Inter-blob region

entry |1 pages

Intercorrelations

entry |1 pages

Interference

entry |1 pages

Inter-judge reliability

entry |1 pages

Intermittent reinforcement

entry |1 pages

Internalisation

entry |2 pages

Internal justification

entry |1 pages

Internal validity

entry |1 pages

International Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems (ICD)

entry |1 pages

Interpersonal attraction

entry |1 pages

Interposition

entry |1 pages

Intersexual selection

entry |1 pages

Inter subjectivity

entry |1 pages

Interval data

entry |1 pages

Intervening variable

entry |1 pages

Interview

entry |1 pages

Interviewer bias

entry |1 pages

Intrapsychic

entry |1 pages

Intrasexual selection

entry |1 pages

Intrinsic

entry |1 pages

Intrinsic motivation

entry |1 pages

Intropunitive

entry |1 pages

Introspection

entry |1 pages

Introversion

entry |1 pages

Invariants

entry |1 pages

Investigator effects

entry |1 pages

Involution

entry |1 pages

Involutional melancholia

entry |1 pages

IQ

entry |1 pages

IRM

entry |1 pages

Irrational

entry |1 pages

Ishihara test

entry |1 pages

Item analysis

entry |1 pages

IV (independent variable)

letter J|2 pages

entry |1 pages

J curve

entry |1 pages

James–Lange theory of emotions

entry |1 pages

Jigsaw classroom

entry |1 pages

Jnd

entry |1 pages

Job analysis

entry |1 pages

Jung, Carl Gustav (1875–1961)

entry |1 pages

Just noticeable difference

entry |2 pages

Just-world hypothesis

letter K|1 pages

entry |1 pages

Kin selection

entry |1 pages

Kinaesthetic

entry |1 pages

Kinsey report

entry |1 pages

Kinship system

entry |1 pages

Klein, Melanie (1882–1960)

entry |1 pages

Kleptomania

entry |1 pages

Klüver–Bucy syndrome

entry |1 pages

Kohler, Wolfgang (1887–1967)

entry |1 pages

Korsakoff’s syndrome

entry |1 pages

Kuder Preference Record

letter L|5 pages

entry |1 pages

Labelling theory

entry |1 pages

Labile

entry |1 pages

Laboratory experiment

entry |1 pages

Laing, Ronald D. (1927–1989)

entry |1 pages

Lamarckianism

entry |1 pages

Language acquisition device

entry |1 pages

Language codes

entry |1 pages

Latency period

entry |1 pages

Latent content

entry |1 pages

Latent learning

entry |1 pages

Lateral inhibition

entry |2 pages

Lateralisation

entry |1 pages

Laterality

entry |1 pages

Lateral thinking

entry |1 pages

Law of parsimony

entry |1 pages

Law of reinforcement

entry |1 pages

Laws of association

entry |1 pages

Lay analyst

entry |1 pages

Leadership

entry |1 pages

Learned helplessness

entry |1 pages

Learning

entry |1 pages

Learning curve

entry |1 pages

Learning plateau

entry |1 pages

Learning set

entry |1 pages

Learning styles

entry |1 pages

Learning theory

entry |1 pages

Legitimate authority

entry |1 pages

Lesbianism

entry |1 pages

Lesion

entry |1 pages

Level of aspiration

entry |1 pages

Levels of processing

entry |1 pages

Levels of significance

entry |1 pages

Lewin, Kurt (1890–1947)

entry |1 pages

Liberal humanism

entry |1 pages

Libido

entry |1 pages

Lie detector

entry |2 pages

Life changes

entry |1 pages

Life cycle

entry |1 pages

Life events

entry |1 pages

Life instinct

entry |1 pages

Life space

entry |1 pages

Life structure

entry |1 pages

Likert scale

entry |1 pages

Limbic model

entry |1 pages

Limbic system

entry |1 pages

Limen

entry |1 pages

Linguistic determinism

entry |1 pages

Linguistic relativity

entry |1 pages

Little Albert

entry |1 pages

Little Hans

entry |1 pages

Lloyd Morgan’s Canon

entry |1 pages

Lobotomy

entry |1 pages

Localisation

entry |1 pages

Locus of control

entry |1 pages

Longitudinal research

entry |1 pages

Long-term memory (LTM)

entry |1 pages

Lorenz, Konrad (1903–1989)

entry |1 pages

Loss aversion

entry |1 pages

LTM

entry |1 pages

Lucid dreams

letter M|10 pages

entry |1 pages

MA

entry |1 pages

Machiavellian intelligence

entry |1 pages

Machine reductionism

entry |1 pages

Magic thinking

entry |1 pages

Mand

entry |1 pages

Mandala

entry |1 pages

Mania

entry |1 pages

Manic

entry |1 pages

Manic-depressive

entry |1 pages

Manifest content

entry |1 pages

Manipulation

entry |1 pages

Mantra

entry |1 pages

Map–compass hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Marasmus

entry |1 pages

Marginality

entry |1 pages

Masking

entry |1 pages

Maslow, Abraham (1908–1970)

entry |2 pages

Masochism

entry |1 pages

Mass action

entry |1 pages

Massed practice

entry |1 pages

Matched pairs (matched participants) design

entry |1 pages

Matching hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Maternal deprivation hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Matriarchy

entry |1 pages

Matrilineal

entry |1 pages

Maturation

entry |1 pages

Maze

entry |1 pages

McNaughten rules

entry |1 pages

Mean

entry |1 pages

Means-ends analysis

entry |1 pages

Measures of central tendency

entry |1 pages

Median

entry |1 pages

Mediate

entry |1 pages

Medical model

entry |1 pages

Medulla oblongata

entry |1 pages

Megalomaniac

entry |1 pages

Melancholia

entry |1 pages

Melatonin

entry |1 pages

Membership group

entry |1 pages

Memory

entry |2 pages

Memory for faces

entry |1 pages

Memory span

entry |1 pages

Memory trace

entry |1 pages

Mendelian genetics

entry |1 pages

Mental age

entry |1 pages

Mental defective

entry |1 pages

Mental retardation

entry |1 pages

Mental set

entry |1 pages

Mere exposure

entry |1 pages

Merrill–Palmer scale

entry |1 pages

Mesmerism

entry |1 pages

Meta-analysis

entry |1 pages

Metacognitive knowledge

entry |1 pages

Metapsychology

entry |1 pages

Methodological behaviourism

entry |1 pages

Micro-environment

entry |1 pages

Micro-sleep

entry |1 pages

Middlescence

entry |1 pages

Migration

entry |1 pages

Milieu therapy

entry |1 pages

Miller Analogies Test

entry |1 pages

Mind

entry |1 pages

Mind–body problem

entry |1 pages

Mind map

entry |1 pages

Minimax strategy

entry |2 pages

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

entry |1 pages

Minority influence

entry |1 pages

Mirror test

entry |1 pages

Mirror writing

entry |1 pages

Misanthropic

entry |1 pages

Misapplied size-constancy theory

entry |1 pages

Miscegenation

entry |1 pages

Misogyny

entry |1 pages

MMPI

entry |1 pages

Mnemonics

entry |1 pages

Modality

entry |1 pages

Modal personality

entry |1 pages

Mode

entry |1 pages

Model

entry |1 pages

Modelling

entry |1 pages

Molar

entry |1 pages

Molecular

entry |1 pages

Monoamines

entry |1 pages

Monocular cues

entry |1 pages

Monogamy

entry |1 pages

Monotropy hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Monozygotic twins

entry |1 pages

Mood-state-dependent memory

entry |1 pages

Moral development

entry |1 pages

Morality

entry |1 pages

Moratorium

entry |1 pages

Moro Reflex

entry |1 pages

Motherese

entry |1 pages

Motion parallax

entry |1 pages

Motivation

entry |1 pages

Motor

entry |1 pages

Motor neuron

entry |1 pages

MRI scans

entry |1 pages

Muller-Lyer illusion

entry |1 pages

Multimodal distribution

entry |1 pages

Multiple personality disorder

entry |1 pages

Multi-store model

entry |1 pages

Mundane realism

entry |1 pages

Murphy’s Law

entry |1 pages

Mutation

entry |1 pages

Mutualism

letter N|5 pages

entry |1 pages

N Ach

entry |1 pages

N Aff

entry |1 pages

Naïve participant

entry |1 pages

Narcissism

entry |1 pages

Narcolepsy

entry |1 pages

Narcosis

entry |1 pages

Nativism

entry |1 pages

Natural experiment

entry |1 pages

Naturalistic observation

entry |1 pages

Natural selection

entry |1 pages

Nature–nurture debate

entry |1 pages

Navigation

entry |1 pages

Necrophilia

entry |1 pages

Need for achievement

entry |1 pages

Need for affiliation

entry |1 pages

Negative correlation

entry |1 pages

Negative reinforcement

entry |1 pages

Negative-state relief model

entry |1 pages

Negative transfer

entry |1 pages

Neill, A. S. (1883–1976)

entry |1 pages

Neo-behaviourism

entry |1 pages

Neo-dissociation theory

entry |1 pages

Neo-Freudian

entry |1 pages

Neologism

entry |1 pages

Neonate

entry |1 pages

Nervous breakdown

entry |1 pages

Nesting instinct

entry |1 pages

Neuroleptic drugs

entry |1 pages

Neurology

entry |1 pages

Neuron

entry |1 pages

Neurophysiology

entry |1 pages

Neuropsychology

entry |1 pages

Neurosis

entry |1 pages

Neurotic

entry |1 pages

Neurotransmitter

entry |1 pages

Night blindness

entry |1 pages

Nominal data

entry |1 pages

Nomothetic approach

entry |1 pages

Nonconscious ideology

entry |1 pages

Non-directional (two-tailed) hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Non-directive therapy

entry |1 pages

Non-mentalistic behaviour

entry |1 pages

Nonparametic statistics

entry |1 pages

Nonsense syllables

entry |1 pages

Non-verbal communication

entry |1 pages

Noradrenaline

entry |1 pages

Norm

entry |1 pages

Normal

entry |1 pages

Normal distribution

entry |1 pages

Normative social influence

entry |2 pages

Norm of reciprocity

entry |1 pages

Norm of self-disclosure reciprocity

entry |1 pages

Norm of social responsibility

entry |1 pages

Nuclear family

entry |1 pages

Null hypothesis

entry |1 pages

Nymphomaniac

entry |1 pages

Nystagmus

letter O|6 pages

entry |1 pages

Obedience to authority

entry |1 pages

Object blindness

entry |1 pages

Object cathexis

entry |1 pages

Object constancy

entry |1 pages

Objectification

entry |1 pages

Objective

entry |1 pages

Object libido

entry |1 pages

Object loss

entry |1 pages

Object permanence

entry |1 pages

Object-relations school

entry |1 pages

Observational learning

entry |1 pages

Observed value

entry |1 pages

Obsession

entry |1 pages

Obsessive-compulsive neurosis

entry |2 pages

Occam’s Razor

entry |1 pages

Occipital

entry |1 pages

Occupational psychology

entry |1 pages

Occupational therapy

entry |1 pages

Ockham’s Razor

entry |1 pages

Oedipus complex

entry |1 pages

Oestrogen

entry |1 pages

Old brain

entry |1 pages

Olfaction

entry |1 pages

One-trial learning

entry |1 pages

One-way screen

entry |1 pages

Ontogeny

entry |1 pages

Operant conditioning

entry |1 pages

Operational definition

entry |1 pages

Operational diagnostic criteria

entry |1 pages

Opinion leader

entry |1 pages

Opportunity sampling

entry |1 pages

Optic array

entry |1 pages

Optic chiasm

entry |1 pages

Optic flow patterns

entry |1 pages

Optic nerve

entry |1 pages

Optimal foraging theory

entry |1 pages

Optimum level of arousal

entry |1 pages

Oral stage

entry |1 pages

Ordinal data

entry |1 pages

Organising tendency

entry |1 pages

Organisational culture

entry |1 pages

Orgone

entry |1 pages

Orienting reaction

entry |1 pages

Osmoreceptors

entry |1 pages

Osmosis

entry |1 pages

Osmotic thirst

entry |1 pages

Outcome measures

entry |1 pages

Outer-directed

entry |1 pages

Outgroups

entry |1 pages

Out-of-body experience

entry |1 pages

Overachiever

entry |1 pages

Overcompensation

entry |1 pages

Overconforming

entry |2 pages

Overdetermined

entry |1 pages

Over-extension

entry |1 pages

Overlearning

entry |1 pages

Over-regularisation

letter P|18 pages

entry |1 pages

Paediatric

entry |1 pages

Paedophilia

entry |1 pages

Paired associates

entry |1 pages

Paleopsychology

entry |1 pages

Palsy

entry |1 pages

Panic disorder with agoraphobia

entry |1 pages

Paper-and-pencil test

entry |1 pages

Papez circuit

entry |1 pages

Paradigm

entry |1 pages

Paradoxical sleep

entry |1 pages

Paradox of altruism

entry |1 pages

Parakinesis

entry |1 pages

Paralanguage

entry |1 pages

Paralinguistics

entry |1 pages

Parallax

entry |1 pages

Parallel distributed processing (PDP)

entry |1 pages

Parameter

entry |1 pages

Parametric statistics

entry |1 pages

Paranoia

entry |1 pages

Paranormal

entry |1 pages

Parapraxis

entry |1 pages

Parapsychology

entry |1 pages

Parasympathetic branch

entry |1 pages

Parental investment

entry |1 pages

Parkinson’s Law

entry |1 pages

Partial reinforcement

entry |1 pages

Participant observation

entry |1 pages

Part method

entry |1 pages

Passive-aggressive personality

entry |1 pages

Paternalism

entry |1 pages

Pathological

entry |1 pages

Patriarchy

entry |1 pages

Patrilineal

entry |1 pages

Pattern recognition

entry |2 pages

Pavlov, Ivan (1849–1936)

entry |1 pages

PDP

entry |1 pages

Peak experience

entry |1 pages

Pecking order

entry |1 pages

Pediatric

entry |1 pages

Pedophilia

entry |1 pages

Peer group

entry |1 pages

Peer tutoring

entry |1 pages

Pellagra

entry |1 pages

Penis envy

entry |1 pages

Penology

entry |1 pages

Percentile

entry |1 pages

Perception

entry |2 pages

Perceptual defence

entry |1 pages

Permissive amine theory

entry |1 pages

Perseveration

entry |1 pages

Perseverative search

entry |1 pages

Persona

entry |1 pages

Personality

entry |1 pages

Personal space

entry |1 pages

Person-oriented aggression

entry |1 pages

Person perception

entry |1 pages

Person variables

entry |1 pages

PET scan

entry |1 pages

Peter Principle

entry |1 pages

Petit mal

entry |1 pages

PGR

entry |1 pages

Phallic stage

entry |1 pages

Phallic symbol

entry |1 pages

Phantasy

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Phantom limb

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Phenomenology

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Phenomenon

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Phenothiazines

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Phenotype

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Pheromones

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Phi phenomenon

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Phobia

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Photographic memory

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Phrenology

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Phylogeny

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Physiognomy

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Physiological

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Physiological approaches to stress management

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Physiological determinism

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Physiological psychology

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Physiological reductionism

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Piaget, Jean (1896–1980)

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Pictorial cues

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Pilot study

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Pineal gland

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PK

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Placebo

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Placebo effect

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Planning fallacy

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Plantar reflex

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Plateau

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Play therapy

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Pleasure centre

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Pleasure principle

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Pluralistic ignorance

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PNS (peripheral nervous system)

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Polyandry

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Polygamy

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Polygenetic inheritance

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Polygynandry

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Polygyny

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Polymorphism

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Polymorphous perverse

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Population

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Positive correlation

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Positive reinforcement

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Positivism

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Possession

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Postconventional morality

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Post-hypnotic suggestion

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Post-modernism

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Postpartum depression

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Pragnanz

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Precognition

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Preconscious

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Preconventional morality

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Predictive validity

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Prefrontal leukotomy

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Prefrontal lobotomy

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Prejudice

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Preoperational stage

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Preparedness

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Presentation of self

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Press

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Pretest

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Prevision

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Primacy effect

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Primal scene

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Primary attachments

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Primary colours

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Primary group

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Primary motor cortex

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Primary process

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Primary reinforcers

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Principle of equipotentiality

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Principle of parsimony

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Prisoner’s dilemma

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Privation

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Proactive aggression

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Proactive interference

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Probability

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Problem space

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Procedural knowledge

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Programmed learning

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Projection

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Projective techniques

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Promiscuity

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Propositional representations

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Proprioceptors

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Pro-social behaviour

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Prosopagnosia

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Protection of participants from psychological harm

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Protocol

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Prototype

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Proximity

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Proximodistal

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Psyche

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Psychedelic

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Psychiatrist

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Psychiatry

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Psychic

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Psychic determinism

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Psychical research

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Pychoactive drug

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Psychoanalysis

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Psychoanalyst

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Psychobabble

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Psychoceramics

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Psychodiagnostics

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Psychodrama

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Psychodynamic model

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Psychodynamics

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Psychogenic

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Psychohistory

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Psychokinesis

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Psycholinguistics

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Psychological altruism

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Psychological approaches to stress management

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Psychological field

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Psychological warfare

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Psychologism

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Psychologist’s fallacy

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Psychology

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Psychometrics

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Psychomotor

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Psychoneurosis

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Psychopath

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Psychopathology

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Psychopharmacology

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Psychophysics

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Psychosis

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Psychosomatic

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Psychosurgery

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Psychotherapist

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Psychotherapy

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Pubescence

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Punctuated equilibrium

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Punishment training

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Purkinje phenomenon

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Pygmalion effect

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Pyromaniac

letter Q|2 pages

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Q sort

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Qualitative change

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Qualitative data

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Qualitative methods

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Quantal hypothesis

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Quantitative change

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Quantitative data

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Quantitative methods

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Quartile

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Quasi-experiment

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Questionnaire survey

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Queuing

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Quiet sleep

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Quota sampling

letter R|7 pages

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R

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Race

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Radical behaviourism

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Random sampling

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Randomising

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Range

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Rank order

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Rapid eye movements

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Rapport

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Ratio data

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Rational-emotive therapy

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Rationalisation

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Reactance theory

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Reaction formation

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Reaction range

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Reaction time

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Reactive aggression

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Reactive depression

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Reality principle

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Reality testing

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Recall

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Received pronunciation (RP)

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Recency effect

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Receptor

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Recessive gene

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Recidivism

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Reciprocal altruism

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Reciprocal determinism

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Reciprocal punishment

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Reciprocity

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Recognition

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Reconstructive memory

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Recovered memory

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Redintegration

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Reductionism

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Reference group

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Reflex

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Regression

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Rehearsal

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Reification

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Reinforcement

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Relative deprivation

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Relative morality

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Releaser

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Reliability

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REM sleep

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Repeated measures design

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Repetition compulsion

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Replicability

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Representativeness heuristic

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Representative sample

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Repression

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Research

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Research hypothesis

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Resistance

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Resistant attachment (type C)

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Resonance

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Response bias

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Restricted code

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Retina

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Retrieval

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Retroactive interference

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Retrograde amnesia

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Retrospective falsification

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Right to withdraw

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Risky shift

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Ritualisation

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Rods

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Rogers, Carl (1902–1987)

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Role

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Role playing

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Role taking

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Romeo and Juliet effect

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Rooting reflex

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Rorschach test

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Rosenthal effect

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Rote learning

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Runaway process

letter S|17 pages

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Saccadic movement

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Sadism

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Sado-masochism

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Salience

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Sample

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Satyriasis

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Scaffolding

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Scapegoat

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Scattergraph

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Schemas

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Schizoid

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Schizophrenia

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Scripts

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Search image

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Seashore test

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Seasonal affective disorder

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Secondary reinforcer

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Second-order conditioning

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Secure attachment (type B)

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Selective attention

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Selective pressure

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Self

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Self-actualisation

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Self-concept

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Self-disclosure

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Self-discovery

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Self-efficacy

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Self-esteem

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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Self-image

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Self-regulation

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Self-serving bias

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Semantic coding

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Semantic differential

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Semantic memory

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Semicircular canals

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Senescence

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Senile dementia

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Sensation

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Sensitive period

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Sensitivity training

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Sensorimotor stage

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Sensory buffer

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Sensory deprivation

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Sensory memory

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Separation

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Separation anxiety

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Separation protest

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Serendipity

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Serial learning

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Serial reproduction

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Seriation

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Serotonin

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Servomechanism

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Set point

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Sex

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Sex differences

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Sex-linked trait

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Sexual identity

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Sexual selection

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Sexy sons hypothesis

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Shadowing task

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Shame culture

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Sham rage

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Shaping

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Shell shock

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Shibboleth

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Shock treatment

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Short-term memory (STM)

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Sibling rivalry

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Signal detection theory

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Significant other

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Situational attributions

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Skinner, B. F. (1904–1990)

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Skinner box

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Sleep centre

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Sleep deprivation

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Sleeper effect

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Slip of the tongue

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Sneak copulation

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Social anthropology

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Social causation hypothesis

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Social cognition

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Social cohesion

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Social comparison

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Social constructionism

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Social contract

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Social Darwinism

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Social deprivation

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Social development

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Social distance scale

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Social drift hypothesis

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Social exchange theory

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Social facilitation

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Social identities

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Social identity theory

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Social influence

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Social interaction

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Socialisation

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Social learning theory

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Social loafing

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Social marking

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Social norms

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Social penetration theory

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Social perception

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Social psychology

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Social representations

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Social science

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Social skills training

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Social status

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Social stratification

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Sociobiologists

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Sociobiology

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Sociocentric

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Socio-cognitive conflict

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Socio-emotional leader

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Sociolinguists

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Sociology

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Sociopathic personality

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Sod’s Law

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Soft determinism

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Somatic therapy

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Somatising

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Somatosensory area

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Sour grapes reaction

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Spaced practice

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Spatial memory

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Speaking in tongues

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Speciesism

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Speech accommodation theory

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Speech centre

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Split-brain patients

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Split personality

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Spontaneous recovery

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Spontaneous remission

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SQ3R

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Squid magnetometry

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Stage theory

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Standard deviation

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Standardised tests

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Stanford—Binet

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State dependency

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Statistical infrequency/deviation from statistical norms

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Statistical significance

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Statistical tests

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Statistics

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Stereoscopic vision

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Stereotactic neurosurgery

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Stereotaxic

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Stereotype

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Stimulus enhancement

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Stimulus generalisation

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STM

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Strabismus

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Stranger anxiety

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Strange situation

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Stratified sample

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Stream of consciousness

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Stress

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Stress inoculation training

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Stress management

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Stressor

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Stroboscopic effect

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Stroking

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Strong Vocational Interest Blank

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Structuralism

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Subconscious

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Subcortical

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Subculture

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Subjective

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Subliminal

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Sublimination

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Summerhill

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Superego

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Superordinate goal

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Suprachiasmatic nucleus

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Surrogate

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Survey research

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Survival value

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Symbiosis

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Symbolic interaction

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Sympathetic branch

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Sympathy

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Symptom

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Symptom substitution

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Symptom–syndrome approach

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Synaesthesia

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Synapses

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Syncretic thought

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Syndrome

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Synopticity

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Systematic desensitisation

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Systems theory

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System variable

letter T|5 pages

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Taboo

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Tact

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Task leader

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TAT

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Teaching machine

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Technophobia

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Telegraphic period

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Telekinesis

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Telepathy

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Temperament hypothesis

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Tender-minded

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Territoriality

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Test of association

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Test of difference

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Testosterone

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T-group

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Thanatology

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Thanatos

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

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Theory of Mind

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Theory of naïve psychology

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Therapeutic community

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Therapy

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Third Force

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Thought-disorder

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Threshold

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Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

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T maze

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Token economy

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Tolerance for ambiguity

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Top-down processing

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Topological psychology

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Totem

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Tough-minded

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Trace decay

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Tracking

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Tradition-directed

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Training analysis

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Trait

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Transactional analysis

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Transcendental meditation

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Transference

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Transfer of training

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Transformational grammar

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Transgenerational effect

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Transitivity

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Transsexuality

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Transvestism

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Trauma

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Treatment aetiology fallacy

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Trepanning

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Trial and error learning

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Triangular theory of love

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Triangulation

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Truth drug

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T-test

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Tutorial training

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Two-step flow of communication

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Type A personality

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Type I error

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Type II error

letter U|2 pages

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Ultradian rhythm

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Unconditional positive regard

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Unconditioned reflex

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Unconditioned response

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Unconditioned stimulus

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Unconscious

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Unconscious motivation

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Underachiever

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Under-extension

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Uniformitarianism

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Utilitarianism

letter V|3 pages

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Validity

entry |1 pages

Variable

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Variance

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Verbal deprivation theory

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Verbal learning

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Vicarious reinforcement

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Vicarious trial and error

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Vigotsky test

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Visual agnosia

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Visual cliff

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Visual constancies

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Visual cortex

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Visual dominance

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Visual search

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Visual spatial coding

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Visuo-spatial sketch pad

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Volunteer bias

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Voyeurism

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VTE

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Vygotsky test

letter W|2 pages

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WAIS

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Watson, J. B. (1878–1958)

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Weapons effect

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Weber’s Law

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

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Wechsler–Bellevue Scale

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)

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Wernicke’s Area

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Whole method

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WISC

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Wish-fulfilment

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Withdrawal

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Withdrawal symptoms

entry |1 pages

Wolf boy

entry |1 pages

Word association test

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Working memory model

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Working through

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Workplace stressor

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Work psychology

entry |1 pages

Wundt, Wilhelm (1832–1920)

letter X|1 pages

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X and y chromosomes

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Xenophobia

letter Y|1 pages

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Yerkes—Dodson law

entry |1 pages

Young—Helmholtz theory

letter Z|2 pages

entry |1 pages

Zeigarnik effect

entry |1 pages

Zeitgeber

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Zeitgeist

entry |1 pages

Zero-sum game

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Zollner illusion

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Zone of proximal development

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Zoom-lens model

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Zoomorphism

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Zoophobia

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Zygote