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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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Psychodynamic personality theories
Psychology; General psychology
Theories of personality that share the assumption that personality is shaped by and behaviour is motivated by powerful inner forces.
Reversal theory
Psychology; General psychology
Theory that explains human motivation in terms of reversals from one to the other opposing metamotivational states.
Social development
Psychology; General psychology
The ways in which individuals' social interactions and expectations change across the life span.
Gestalt therapy
Psychology; General psychology
Therapy that focuses on ways to unite mind and body to make a person whole.
Receptive field
Psychology; General psychology
The visual area from which a given ganglion cell receives information.
Conditioning
Psychology; General psychology
The ways in which events, stimuli, and behaviour become associated with one another.
Law of effect
Psychology; General psychology
A basic law of learning that states that the power of a stimulus to evoke a response is strengthened when the response is followed by a reward and weakened when it is not followed by a reward.
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