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Positive Psychology
Acacia Parks, Thomas Ball
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Positive Psychology ...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Chris R. Brewin
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)IntroductionSevere reactions to experiences such as combat and railway accidents have been described since the mid...
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...
Pretrial Publicity
Steven D. Penrod
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Pretrial PublicityIntroductionPretrial publicity (PTP) refers to media coverage of criminal and civil cases prior to trial. Every era has its high-pro...
Prisoner's Dilemma
Marek M. Kaminski
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Prisoner’s Dilemma Introduction The Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD) is a noncooperative 2x2 game (two players with two strategies each) that represent...
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Emily G. Nielsen, John Paul Minda
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-06-26
Problem Solving and Decision MakingIntroductionProblem solving and decision making are both examples of complex, higher-order thinking. Both involve t...
Procrastination
Piers Steel, Katrin Klingsieck
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
ProcrastinationIntroductionProcrastination is a common form of self-regulatory failure with references to it throughout the historical record. Typical...
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...
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being
Lara B. Aknin, Kate Hanniball
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Prosocial Spending and Well-BeingIntroductionIn a typical week, a person may spend money on other people in various ways. For instance, one might buy ...
Protocol Analysis
Peter F. Delaney, Robert J. Wallander, Gretchen A. Preheim
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-08-28
Protocol AnalysisIntroductionVerbal protocol analysis is a set of systematic methods for collecting and analyzing peoples’ thoughts during a task. Ver...
Psycholinguistics
Shelia M. Kennison, Rachel H. Messer
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Psycholinguistics Introduction Psycholinguistics is the field of study in which researchers investigate the psychological processes involved i...
Psychological Literacy
Sue Morris, Kimberley Norris, Jacquelyn Cranney
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Psychological LiteracyIntroductionUntil 2010, the phrase “psychological literacy” (PL) was used sparsely and in a variety of ways, including to refer ...
Psychology, Political
Ingrid J. Haas
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Political PsychologyIntroductionThe field of political psychology explains political behavior as a function of both individual- and group-level psycho...
Psychophysics, Visual
Joshua A. Solomon
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Visual Psychophysics Introduction Paradigms for attacking the problem of how vision works continue to develop and mutate, and the boundary bet...
Psychotherapy
Timothy Anderson, Andrew S. McClintock, Xiaoxia Song
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
PsychotherapyIntroductionPsychotherapy is a practice whereby communication (“talk therapy”) between a professionally trained therapist and a help-seek...
Psychotic Disorders
Deborah J. Walder, Marta Statucka, Maureen Daly, Beril Yaffe
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Psychotic Disorders Introduction The term “psychotic disorders” refers to a broad conceptualization of conditions including primary psychoses,...
Race
Kira Hudson Banks, Richard Harvey
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Race Introduction Within psychology, race is generally accepted as a social construct that is shaped by power structures and prevailing norms;...
Reasoning, Counterfactual
Ruth M.J. Byrne
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Counterfactual Reasoning Introduction People often think about how things turned out and they imagine how they could have turned out different...
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 ...
Relationships
Benjamin Le, Lydia F. Emery
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Relationships ...
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