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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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General psychology
Decision aversion
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency to avoid decision making; the tougher the decision, the greater the likelihood of decision aversion.
Instinctual drift
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency for learned behaviour to drift toward instinctual behaviour over time.
Emotional intelligence
Psychology; General psychology
Type of intelligence defined as the abilities to perceive, appraise, and express emotions accurately and appropriately, to use emotions to facilitate thinking, to understand and analyse emotions, to ...
Biomedical therapies
Psychology; General psychology
Treatments for psychological disorders that alter brain functioning with chemical or physical interventions such as drug therapy, surgery, or electroconvulsive therapy.
Problem solving
Psychology; General psychology
Thinking that is directed toward solving specific problems and that moves from an initial state to a goal state by means of a set of mental operations.
Language production
Psychology; General psychology
What people say, sign, and write, as well as the processes they go through to produce these messages.
Stress moderator variables
Psychology; General psychology
Variables that change the impact of a stressor on a given type of stress reaction.
