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General psychology
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Contact hypothesis
Psychology; General psychology
The idea that direct contact between hostile groups alone will reduce prejudice.
Resistance
Psychology; General psychology
The inability or unwillingness of a patient in psychoanalysis to discuss certain ideas, desires, or experiences.
Amygdala
Psychology; General psychology
The part of the limbic system that controls emotion, aggression, and the formation of emotional memory.
Phenotype
Psychology; General psychology
The observable characteristics of an organism, resulting from the interaction between the organism's genotype and its environment.
Proximal stimulus
Psychology; General psychology
The optical image on the retina; contrasted with the distal stimulus, the physical object in the world.
Collective unconscious
Psychology; General psychology
The part of an individual's unconscious that is inherited, evolutionarily developed, and common to all members of the species.
Dispositional variables
Psychology; General psychology
The organismic variables, or inner determinants of behavior, that occur within human and nonhuman animals.
