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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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General psychology
Social categorization
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which people organise the social environment by categorising themselves and others into groups.
Judgement
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which people form opinions, reach conclusions, and make critical evaluations of events and people based on available material; also, the product of that mental activity.
Behavioural confirmation
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which people behave in ways that elicit from others specific expected reactions and then use those reactions to confirm their beliefs.
Transference
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which a person in psychoanalysis attaches to a therapist feelings formerly held toward some significant person who figured in a past emotional conflict.
Encoding specificity
Psychology; General psychology
The principle that subsequent retrieval of information is enhanced if cues received at the time of recall are consistent with those present at the time of encoding.
Social perception
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes of himself or herself and other people.
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Psychology; General psychology
The primitive, unconscious part of the personality that operates irrationally and acts on impulse to pursue pleasure.
