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Language
Cindy K. Chung, James Pennebaker
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Language Introduction Although language is the primary medium by which we communicate with others and reveal our thoughts and feelings, remarka...
Law, Psychology and
Edie Greene, Kirk Heilbrun, Anna Heilbrun
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Psychology and Law Introduction The field of psychology and law involves the application of scientific, clinical, and policy aspects of psycho...
Learned Helplessness
J. Bruce Overmier
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Learned Helplessness Introduction The term “learned helplessness” appears in about three thousand articles in the PsycINFO database, applying...
Life-Span Development
Kathleen Stassen Berger
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Life-Span Development Introduction Life-span development studies human development from the moment of conception to the last breath. The goal i...
Memory, Human
Jeffrey D. Karpicke, Melissa Lehman
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Human Memory Introduction “Memory,” broadly defined, is the ability to use the past in the service of the present. Memory can manifest itself ...
Metacognition
Lisa K. Son
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Metacognition Introduction Metacognition, generally defined as cognition about one’s cognition, has been linked and compared in the past with ...
Mindfulness
Amanda Ie, Christelle Ngnoumen, Ellen Langer
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Mindfulness Introduction Mindfulness is a quality of consciousness whose spiritual concept is most firmly rooted in Buddhist psychology, and wh...
Moral Development
Cameron Richardson, Melanie Killen
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Moral Development Introduction In the field of moral development, morality is defined as principles for how individuals ought to treat one ano...
Moral Psychology
Chuck Huff, Owen Gaasedelen
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Moral Psychology Introduction It is surely the case that the field of moral psychology is in flux today. It was abandoned by personality and so...
Moral Reasoning
Lene Jensen, Jessica McKenzie, Niyati Pandya
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Moral Reasoning Introduction Morality is fundamental to the human condition. From early on, children make distinctions between matters of right...
Motivation
Michael Richter, Rex A. Wright, Kerstin Brinkmann, Guido H. E. Gendolla
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Motivation Introduction References to the construct of motivation are ubiquitous in most domains of life. Parents worry about how to motivate ...
Narcissism
Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Christian Jordan
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Narcissism Introduction Narcissism is generally considered to be a pathological form of self-love that is characterized by arrogance, self-abs...
Neuroscience of Associative Learning
Gabrielle Weidemann, Gavan McNally
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Neuroscience of Associative Learning Introduction Associative learning involves the encoding of relationships between events, for example, betw...
Operant Conditioning
Jesse Dallery, Brantley Jarvis, Allison Kurti
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Operant Conditioning Introduction The study of operant conditioning represents a natural-science approach to understanding the causes of goal-d...
Optimism and Pessimism
Julie K. Norem
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Optimism and Pessimism Introduction In psychology, the most commonly used optimism/pessimism construct is dispositional optimism, which is the...
Organizational Justice
Deborah Rupp, Meghan Thornton
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Organizational Justice Introduction Organizational justice refers to employee perceptions of fairness in the workplace. These perceptions can b...
Perception
Elyssa Twedt, Dennis R. Proffitt
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Perception Introduction Perception is the study of how sensory information is processed into perceptual experiences. In some cases, actions ar...
Personality Disorders
Edelyn Verona, M. Sima Finy
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Personality Disorders Introduction Personality disorders (PDs) are defined in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Me...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Chris R. Brewin
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Introduction Severe reactions to experiences such as combat and railway accidents have been described si...
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Theresa Vescio, Kevin Weaver
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Prejudice and Stereotyping Introduction Prejudice and stereotyping are biases that work together to create and maintain social inequality. Pre...
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