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Factor Analysis
Ronald D. Porter, Leandre R. Fabrigar
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Factor Analysis Introduction Factor analysis is a term used to refer to a set of statistical procedures designed to determine the number of di...
Festinger, Leon
Elaine Hatfield, Megan Carpenter, Paul Thornton, Richard Rapson
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Leon Festinger Introduction Leon Festinger was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 8 May 1919 to Russian-Jewish immigrants, Alex Festinger and Sara...
Five-Factor Model of Personality
Christopher J. Soto, Joshua J. Jackson
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Five-Factor Model of PersonalityIntroductionThe five-factor model of personality (FFM) is a set of five broad trait dimensions or domains, often refer...
Flynn Effect, The
James R. Flynn
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
The Flynn Effect Introduction Until 1984, it was believed that IQ was relatively stable at least in developed nations. There had been reports ...
Forensic Psychology
Alison B. Concannon, Matthew T. Huss
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-07-31
Forensic PsychologyIntroductionForensic psychology is an increasingly popular subset of psychology that broadly speaks to the intersection of psycholo...
Forgiveness
Everett Worthington
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
ForgivenessIntroductionForgiveness is one of many possible responses to injustice or offense. There are four types of forgiveness. Two types of forgiv...
Friendships, Children's
Kirby Deater-Deckard, Shereen El Mallah, Mengjiao Li
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
Children’s FriendshipsIntroductionThe widespread use of the term “friend” across disciplines and the enduring role it plays across the life span provi...
Fundamental Attribution Error/Correspondence Bias
Glenn D. Reeder
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Fundamental Attribution Error/Correspondence Bias Introduction The fundamental attribution error (FAE) suggests that social perceivers attribu...
Gambler's Fallacy
Ulrike Hahn
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Gambler’s Fallacy Introduction The Gambler’s Fallacy is a mistaken belief about sequences of random events. Observing, for example, a long run...
Game Theory and Psychology
Andrew M. Colman, Eva M. Krockow
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Game Theory and PsychologyIntroductionGame theory is a branch of decision theory focusing on interactive decisions, applicable whenever the actions of...
Geropsychology, Clinical
Nancy A. Pachana
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Clinical GeropsychologyIntroductionClinical geropsychology is a subfield of clinical psychology. It is concerned primarily with research, clinical pra...
Habit Formation and Behavior Change
Benjamin Gardner, Amanda L. Rebar
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Habit Formation and Behavior ChangeIntroductionMany of the most pressing societal issues—e.g., health, illness, and associated costs; climate change—a...
Happiness
Shigehiro Oishi
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Happiness Introduction In psychological science, “subjective well-being” is the term most often used in place of the popular term “happiness.” ...
Health Psychology
Regan Gurung
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Health Psychology Introduction Health psychology is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of psychology dedicated to promoting and maintaining heal...
Health Psychology Research and Practice, Measurement in
Marie Johnston, John Weinman, Gozde Ozakinci
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2021-01-12
Measurement in Health Psychology Research and PracticeIntroductionHealth psychology is the investigation of psychological and behavioral processes in ...
Heider, Fritz
Marion Schmidt
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
Fritz HeiderIntroductionFritz Heider (b. 1896–d. 1988) was an Austrian-American Gestalt and social psychologist. He is considered one of the founding ...
Heuristics and Biases
Henrik Olsson
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Heuristics and Biases Introduction In the 1970s, psychologists became interested in investigating human reasoning errors that they believed ar...
History of Psychology
David C. Devonis, Wade Pickren
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
History of Psychology Introduction At its inception as a specialty within psychology in the first decades of the 20th century, the history of ...
Human Factors
Frank T. Durso, Lauren E. Margulieux, Elizabeth L. Blickensderfer
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Human Factors Introduction Humans have interacted with technology virtually as long as the species has existed. Technology allows us to accomp...
Humanistic Psychology
Andrew M. Bland, Eugene M. DeRobertis
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Humanistic PsychologyIntroductionHumanistic psychology emphasizes individualized qualities of optimal well-being and use of creative potential to bene...
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