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Childhood and Adolescence, Peer Victimization and Bullying in
Michelle Schmidt, Catherine Bagwell
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2020-05-27
Peer Victimization and Bullying in Childhood and AdolescenceIntroductionGiven the wide-reaching implications of peer bullying and victimization for ch...
Clinical Neuropsychology
Bruce Caplan
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Clinical Neuropsychology Introduction Clinical neuropsychology is the psychological specialty that seeks to elucidate brain-behavior relations ...
Clinical Psychology
Joanna Berg, Rachel Ammirati, Scott O. Lilienfeld
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Clinical Psychology Introduction Clinical psychology is a broad discipline that focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, etiology (causes), treat...
Cognitive Consistency Theories
J. Edward Russo, Anne-Sophie Chaxel
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Cognitive Consistency TheoriesIntroductionCognitive consistency is the agreement, coherence, or fit among related beliefs. It is a fundamental topic i...
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
David C. Vaidis, Alexandre Bran
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
Cognitive Dissonance TheoryIntroductionAppearing for the first time in the mid-20th century, the term “cognitive dissonance” appears nowadays about ei...
Cognitive Neuroscience
Teal S. Eich, Edward E. Smith
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Cognitive Neuroscience Introduction In 1918, the American philosopher and psychologist William James wrote: “Nature in her unfathomable designs...
Communication, Nonverbal Cues and
Judee Burgoon, Laura Guerrero
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Nonverbal Cues and Communication Introduction Long before humans were communicating verbally—that is, through words—they were communicating no...
Comparative Psychology
Katie Hall, Sarah Brosnan
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
Comparative Psychology Introduction Comparative psychology, a subdiscipline of psychology, is the scientific study of the behavior and cogniti...
Competency to Stand Trial
Patricia A. Zapf, Amanda Beltrani
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Competency to Stand TrialIntroductionA core principle of modern-day law is that all defendants maintain the right to a fair trial. A defendant must be...
Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Leandre R. Fabrigar, Meghan E. Norris, Devin Fowlie
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Conformity, Compliance, and ObedienceIntroductionSocial influence refers to the ways people influence the beliefs, feelings, and behaviors of others. ...
Consciousness
Bruce Bridgeman
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Consciousness Introduction Though consciousness is central to human experience, it has been little studied in psychology. An important part of...
Coping Processes
Benjamin Gottlieb
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Coping Processes Introduction As ubiquitous as it is in everyday life, in media accounts of disasters, and in old and new cinema, it has prove...
Counseling Psychology
Elizabeth Nutt Williams
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Counseling Psychology Introduction Counseling psychology is a specialty within psychology that focuses on counseling, research, and assessment...
Courage
Cynthia L. S. Pury
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
CourageIntroductionCourage is praised as a virtue in many contemporary and historic cultures. While psychological definitions of courage vary, they ne...
Creativity
Ronald A. Beghetto
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Creativity Introduction Creativity is a complex and compelling psychological phenomenon. To understand creativity is to understand the varied i...
Creativity at Work
Kristina Potočnik
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Creativity at WorkIntroductionCreativity at work is the process of generating novel and useful ideas to either introduce new products, processes, or s...
Critical Thinking
Heather Butler, Diane Halpern
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Critical Thinking Introduction Critical thinking has been described in many ways, but researchers generally agree that critical thinking involv...
Cross-Cultural Psychology
John W. Berry
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Cross-Cultural Psychology Introduction Cross-cultural psychology is the study of similarities and differences in behavior among individuals wh...
Cultural Psychology
Dov Cohen
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Cultural PsychologyIntroductionCultural psychology is the study of how people shape and are shaped by their cultures. Topics of study in this field in...
Daily Life, Research Methods for Studying
Carla Arredondo, Gloria Luong
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
Research Methods for Studying Daily LifeIntroductionMethods for studying daily life have blossomed since the 1980s. Although these methods have been a...
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