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General psychology
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General psychology
Job burnout
Psychology; General psychology
The syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment, often experienced by workers in high-stress jobs.
Somatic nervous system
Psychology; General psychology
The subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that connects the central nervous system to the skeletal muscles and skin.
Sympathetic division
Psychology; General psychology
The subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that deals with emergency response and the mobilisation of energy.
Sensory physiology
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the way in which biological mechanisms convert physical events into neural events.
Genocide
Psychology; General psychology
The systematic destruction of one group of people, often an ethnic or racial group, by another.
Body image
Psychology; General psychology
The subjective experience of the appearance of one's body.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Psychology; General psychology
A mental disorder characterised by obsessions—recurrent thoughts, images, or impulses that recur or persist despite efforts to suppress them—and compulsions—repetitive, purposeful acts performed ...
