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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...
Prosocial Behavior
Gilad Hirschberger, Uri Lifshin
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Prosocial Behavior Introduction The elaborate nature of human societies requires high levels of cooperation, and our social system benefits fr...
Rehabilitation Psychology
Dana S. Dunn
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Rehabilitation Psychology Introduction Rehabilitation psychology is a subfield of psychology dedicated to developing therapeutic interventions ...
Religion, Psychology and
Kathryn A. Johnson, Adam B. Cohen
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Psychology and Religion Introduction Interest in the psychology of religion seems to wax and wane with current trends in psychological researc...
Research Methods
Dana S. Dunn
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Research Methods Introduction Psychology is an empirical science, one dealing with the prediction of behavior in humans and animals. Conducting...
Resilience
Anthony Mancini
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Resilience Introduction Resilience is the capacity to maintain stable levels of functioning, as well as positive emotions and generative experi...
Schizophrenic Disorders
Angus W. MacDonald, Ansam El Shaikh, Craig Moodie, Andrew Poppe, Ian Ramsay, Krista Wisner
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Schizophrenic Disorders Introduction While allusions to psychoses in the West date back to ancient Greek medicine and literature, the modern c...
Self-Construal
Susan Cross
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Self-Construal Introduction Self-construal refers to the grounds of self-definition, and the extent to which the self is defined independentl...
Self-Deception
Harry Triandis
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Self-Deception Introduction Self-deception is seeing the world the way we wish it to be rather than the way it is. When people have a self-dece...
Self-Efficacy
James E. Maddux, Jennifer T. Gosselin
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Self-Efficacy Introduction Self-efficacy theory was first described by Albert Bandura in 1977 in an article in the journal Psychological Review
Self-Monitoring
Christopher Leone
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Self-Monitoring Introduction Although there are occasions when most people monitor the social self that they present to others and other occasi...
Self-Regulation in Educational Settings
Gregory Schraw
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Self-Regulation in Educational Settings Introduction Self-regulation (SR) refers to controlling one’s own performance before, during, and after...
Self, Psychology of the
Corey L. Guenther, Mark D. Alicke
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Psychology of the Self Introduction The “self” is surely one of the most heavily researched areas in social and personality psychology, even i...
Sex and Gender
Joan C. Chrisler, Alexandra Nobel
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Sex and Gender Introduction Sex and gender are fundamental to the understanding of human behavior. Perhaps the first thing people notice wh...
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