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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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Accomodation
Psychology; General psychology
The cognitive process of revising existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding so that new information can be incorporated. In order to make sense of some new information, you actual ...
Mary Ainsworth
Psychology; General psychology
Mary Ainsworth was a developmental psychologist who is best known for her "Strange Situation" experiment and development of attachment theory.
confirmation bias
Psychology; General psychology
A tendency to favor information that supports one's arguments and preconceptions. This behavior can be exhibited through a biased search, interpretation, or memory of the information.
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
Psychology; General psychology
NLP is a therapeutic technique. Founders of NLP are Richard Bandler and John Grinder. NLP explores the relationships between how we think (neuro), how we communicate (linguistic) and our patterns of ...
Determinism
Psychology; General psychology
The philosophical doctrine that human action is not free but necessarily determined by motives, which are regarded as external forces acting upon the will.
Prototype
Psychology; General psychology
A full-size original of which a model is a representation on a reduced scale.
Anogenic
Psychology; General psychology
Angiogenesis is the physiological process involving the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels.
