General psychology

General psychology

Information concerning Psychology in general.

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Automatic processes

Psychology; General psychology

Processes that do not require attention; they can often be performed along with other tasks without interference.

Rods

Psychology; General psychology

Photoreceptors concentrated in the periphery of the retina that are most active in dim illumination; rods do not produce sensation of color.

Cognition

Psychology; General psychology

Processes of knowing, including attending, remembering, and reasoning; also the content of the processes, such as concepts and memories.

Ageism

Psychology; General psychology

Prejudice against older people, similar to racism and sexism in its negative stereotypes.

Abnormal psychology

Psychology; General psychology

Discipline or branch of psychology that studies patterns of normal and abnormal behaviour as well as personality disorders. In addition, abnormal psychology is concerned with the origins and ...

Evolutionary perspective

Psychology; General psychology

The approach to psychology that stresses the importance of behavioural and mental adaptiveness, based on the assumption that mental capabilities evolved over millions of years to serve particular ...

Biological perspective

Psychology; General psychology

The approach to identifying causes of behaviour that focuses on the functioning of the genes, the brain, the nervous system, and the endocrine system.