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Implicit Association Test (IAT)
Steven Lehr, Mahzarin Banaji
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) Introduction Starting in the 1970s, as microcomputers made possible the measurement of mental computations ...
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Kurt Kraiger
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Introduction Industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology addresses individuals’ attitudes, behaviors, c...
Inferential Statistics in Psychology
David Trafimow
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Inferential Statistics in PsychologyIntroductionThere are two main inferential statistical camps in psychology: frequentists and Bayesians. Within the...
Intelligence
Amber Esping, Jonathan Plucker
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Intelligence Introduction What is human intelligence? There is no indisputable answer to this fundamental question, and there will not be an a...
Intelligence, Crystallized and Fluid
Paolo Ghisletta, Thierry Lecerf
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Crystallized and Fluid IntelligenceIntroductionThe Gf-Gc theory of cognitive abilities is a psychometric theory of intelligence based on intelligence ...
Intercultural Psychology
John W. Berry
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Intercultural Psychology Introduction When individuals who are members of different cultural groups come into contact, the domain of intercult...
Intergroup Conflict
Brian Lickel, Manisha Gupta
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Intergroup Conflict Introduction Groups are fundamental to human life. People organize their lives around group identities and derive not only...
International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Mental and Behavioural Disorders Chapter
Jared Keeley
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Mental and Behavioural Disorders ChapterIntroductionThe International Classifica...
International Psychology
Harold Takooshian, Uwe P. Gielen, Grant J. Rich, Richard S. Velayo
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
International PsychologyIntroductionInternational psychology is an emerging field that focuses on psychology as a cross-national and global discipline...
Interviewing in Forensic Settings
Lorraine Hope
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Interviewing in Forensic Settings Introduction Interviews constitute a core activity of the investigative process. Information obtained from v...
Intimate Partner Violence, Psychological Perspectives on
Laura Miller-Graff
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Psychological Perspectives on Intimate Partner ViolenceIntroductionIntimate partner violence (IPV) refers to acts or threats of physical, sexual, or p...
Item Response Theory
Anthony D. Albano, Tzu-Yun Chin, Kurt Geisinger
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Item Response TheoryIntroductionItem response theory (IRT) is arguably one of the most influential developments in the field of educational and psycho...
Kurtosis
Zhiyong Zhang, Wen Qu
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
KurtosisIntroductionIn statistics, kurtosis is a measure of the probability distribution of a random variable or a vector of random variables. As mean...
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...
Laughter
Jennifer Hofmann, Willibald Ruch
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
LaughterIntroductionLaughter is an audio-visual expressive-communicative signal, consisting of an initial forced exhalation, followed by a more or les...
Law, Psychology and
Kirk Heilbrun, Edie Greene
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Psychology and LawIntroductionThe field of psychology and law involves the application of scientific, clinical, and policy aspects of psychology to is...
Lazarus, Richard
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2022-05-26
Richard LazarusIntroductionThis article covers the evolution of thought about the nature of emotion and its causation as reflected in the work of Rich...
Leadership
Ronald E. Riggio, Masakatsu Ono
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
LeadershipIntroductionAlthough the modern study of leadership is more than one hundred years old, the 21st century has seen a great increase in resear...
Learned Helplessness
J. Bruce Overmier, Mikael Molet
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Learned HelplessnessIntroductionLearned helplessness arises from experiencing uncontrollable and unpredictable events—usually traumatic ones—and is re...
Learning Theory
Mark E. Bouton, Geoffrey Hall
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
Learning TheoryIntroductionFor over a century, psychologists have been conducting experimental studies, largely with nonhuman animals, in order to est...
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