psychology
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1. the science of mental life (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | applied psychology, industrial psychology, |
| definition | : | any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc. (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | cognitive psychology, |
| definition | : | an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | differential psychology, |
| definition | : | the branch of psychology that studies measurable differences between individuals (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | social psychology, |
| definition | : | the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | habit, use, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | rehearsal, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | inhibition, suppression, |
| definition | : | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | behavior, behaviour, |
| definition | : | (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | extraversion, extroversion, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | introversion, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | ambiversion, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | image, persona, |
| definition | : | (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | readiness, set, |
| definition | : | (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | anima, |
| definition | : | (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | double bind, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | constancy, perceptual constancy, |
| definition | : | (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | chunking, unitisation, unitization, |
| definition | : | (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | introjection, |
| definition | : | (psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | law of effect, |
| definition | : | (psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | association theory, associationism, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | atomism, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | functionalism, |
| definition | : | a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | configurationism, gestalt psychology, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | experimenter bias, |
| definition | : | (psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | sublimation, |
| definition | : | (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable (noun.event) |
| domain member category | : | abience, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object (noun.motive) |
| domain member category | : | adience, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object (noun.motive) |
| domain member category | : | clinician, |
| definition | : | a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | extravert, extrovert, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | introvert, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sensitisation, sensitization, |
| definition | : | (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations) (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | stress, tenseness, tension, |
| definition | : | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | breaking point, |
| definition | : | (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | delusion, psychotic belief, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | isolate, |
| definition | : | separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them (verb.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | apperceive, |
| definition | : | perceive in terms of a past experience (verb.perception) |
| domain member category | : | adjusted, |
| definition | : | adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | maladjusted, |
| definition | : | poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | extinguished, |
| definition | : | of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | introjected, |
| definition | : | incorporated unconsciously into your own psyche (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | introversive, introvertive, |
| definition | : | directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | extraversive, extroversive, |
| definition | : | directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | ambiversive, |
| definition | : | intermediate between introversive and extroversive (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | molar, |
| definition | : | pertaining to large units of behavior (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | molecular, |
| definition | : | relating to simple or elementary organization (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | normal, |
| definition | : | being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | abnormal, |
| definition | : | departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | exceptional, |
| definition | : | deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | conditioned, learned, |
| definition | : | established by conditioning or learning (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | ambiguous, |
| definition | : | having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | proactive, |
| definition | : | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | retroactive, |
| definition | : | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | idiographic, |
| definition | : | relating to or involving the study of individuals (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | nomothetic, |
| definition | : | relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | abient, |
| definition | : | characterized by avoidance or withdrawal (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | adient, |
| definition | : | characterized by acceptance or approach (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | associational, |
| definition | : | of or relating to associations or associationism (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | attentional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to attention (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | presentational, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy) (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | psychologist, |
| definition | : | a scientist trained in psychology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | psychological, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or determined by psychology (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | psychologist, |
| definition | : | a scientist trained in psychology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | psychological, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or determined by psychology (adj.pert) |
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