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Parenting Stress
Kirby Deater-Deckard, Nan Chen, Shereen El Mallah
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Parenting Stress Introduction Parenting stress is a normal part of the parenting experience. It arises when parenting demands exceed the expec...
Parenting Styles
Michelle Givertz
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2021-05-26
Parenting StylesIntroductionParenting styles reflect variations in the attitudes and practices of parents, and comprise discrete parenting behaviors. ...
Path Models
Rex B. Kline
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2015-05-29
Path Models Introduction Path analysis belongs to the family of statistical techniques known as structural equation modeling (SEM). Path analy...
Peace Psychology
Daniel J. Christie, Noraini M. Noor
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Peace Psychology Introduction Since the inception of modern psychology, psychologists have distinguished between thoughts and actions. Similar...
Perception
Elyssa Twedt, Dennis R. Proffitt
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
PerceptionIntroductionPerception is the study of how sensory information is processed into perceptual experiences. In some cases, actions are guided b...
Perception, Person
Sheila Cunningham
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Person PerceptionIntroduction“Person perception” is an element of social psychology concerning how we process information about people. The term is so...
Performance Appraisal
Caitlin Sockbeson
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-05-24
Performance AppraisalIntroductionPerformance appraisal, the process by which employees are evaluated for their performance at work, is ubiquitous in o...
Personality and Health
Dietlinde Heilmayr
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Personality and HealthIntroductionWhy do some people seem to contract the flu annually, suffer from chronic aches and pains, or die prematurely, while...
Personality Disorders
Edelyn Verona, Sean McKinley, M. Sima Finy
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Personality DisordersIntroductionPersonality disorders (PDs) are defined in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disor...
Personality Psychology
Robert D. Latzman, Yuri Shishido
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Personality Psychology Introduction The title of “Godfather of Personality” may well be ascribed to Gordon Allport, who was the first to make ...
Phenomenological Psychology
Darren Langdridge
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-04-26
Phenomenological PsychologyIntroductionPhenomenological psychology refers to an approach to psychology that draws on phenomenological, existential, an...
Placebo Effects in Psychology
Elisa Frisaldi, Diletta Barbiani, Fabrizio Benedetti
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Placebo Effects in PsychologyIntroductionThe history of prescientific medicine is in fact the history of the placebo effect, as most, if not all, trea...
Play Behavior
Gordon M. Burghardt
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Play BehaviorIntroductionPlay behavior has fascinated people since ancient times, yet the scholarly and scientific study of play has remained elusive ...
Positive Psychological Capital (PsyCap)
Carolyn Youssef-Morgan, Cody Siewert, Fred Luthans
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-07-24
Positive Psychological Capital (PsyCap)IntroductionPositive psychological capital (PsyCap) is an individual’s positive psychological state of developm...
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...
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