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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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General psychology
Hallucinations
Psychology; General psychology
False perceptions that occur in the absence of objective stimulation.
Psychosocial stages
Psychology; General psychology
Proposed by Erik Erikson, successive developmental stages that focus on an individual's orientation toward the self and others; these stages incorporate both the sexual and social aspects of a ...
Organisational psychologists
Psychology; General psychology
Psychologists who study various aspects of the human work environment, such as communication among employees, socialisation or enculturation of workers, leadership, job satisfaction, stress and ...
Object relations theory
Psychology; General psychology
Psychoanalytic theory that originated with Melanie Klein's view that the building blocks of how people experience the world emerge from their relations to loved and hated objects (significant people ...
Counselling psychologist
Psychology; General psychology
Psychologist who specialises in providing guidance in areas such as vocational selection, school problems, drug abuse, and marital conflict.
Controlled processes
Psychology; General psychology
Processes that require attention; it is often difficult to carry out more than one controlled process at a time.
Altruism
Psychology; General psychology
Prosocial behaviours a person carries out without considering his or her own safety or interests.
