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Teaching of Psychology
Dana S. Dunn
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Teaching of Psychology Introduction Psychology is somewhat distinct from other academic disciplines in that its own knowledge can be used to im...
Terror Management Theory
Sheldon Solomon
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Terror Management Theory Introduction Terror management theory posits that the juxtaposition of an inclination toward self-preservation with th...
Testing and Assessment
Vesna Buško
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Testing and AssessmentIntroductionTesting and assessment of individual differences have been an essential part of professional work of scientists and ...
The Reasoned Action Approach and the Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior
Martin S. Hagger
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-03-27
The Reasoned Action Approach and the Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned BehaviorIntroductionSince the inception of the theory of reasoned action ...
Theory of Mind
Claire Hughes, Rory T. Devine
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Theory of Mind Introduction Although research into children’s awareness of mental states (such as beliefs, desires, and intentions) dates back...
Therapies, Person-Centered
Colin Lago, Michael Behr, Divine Charura, David Murphy, Gerhard Stumm
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Person-Centered TherapiesIntroductionThe foundations of this humanistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy were laid down in the 1940s by Carl ...
Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral
Johann M. D'Souza, Giovanbattista Andreoli, Stefan G. Hofmann
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
Cognitive-Behavioral TherapyIntroductionCognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an empirically based and short-term treatment that is based on the notio...
Thinking Skills in Educational Settings
Gregory Schraw
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Thinking Skills in Educational Settings Introduction Thinking skills (TS) refer to a large collection of individual skills and strategies that...
Time Perception
Richard A. Block, Peter A. Hancock
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Time Perception Introduction The term time perception refers to a large subfield within the more general study of the psychology of time. It i...
Trait Perspective
M. Brent Donnellan, Christopher Hopwood
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Trait Perspective Introduction Personality traits, or relatively enduring and global patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, are thought t...
Trauma Psychology
Patricia A. Frazier, Emily Mischel Abramowski, Viann Nguyen-Feng, Addie Merians, McKenzie Kaubrys
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
Trauma PsychologyIntroductionTrauma research often uses the definition of trauma in the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...
Twin Studies
Nancy L. Segal
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Twin Studies Introduction Twin research is an informative approach for understanding the genetic and environmental influences affecting behavi...
Type A Behavior Pattern (Coronary Prone Personality)
Jeffrey M. Conte, Fiona Cochrum-Nguyen, Mary S. Yama
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Pe A Behavior Pattern (Coronary-Prone Personality) Introduction The Type A behavior pattern (TABP) emerged from observations of heart patients...
Unconscious Processes
John F. Kihlstrom
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Unconscious ProcessesIntroductionConsciousness has to do with two aspects of mental life: monitoring ourselves, so that our experiences, thoughts, and...
Virtues and Character Strengths
Blaine J. Fowers, Jason S. Carroll, Nathan D. Leonhardt
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Virtues and Character StrengthsIntroductionScholars are now debating the question of whether positive ethical traits such as virtues contribute signif...
Wisdom
Judith Glück
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Wisdom Introduction While wisdom was the central topic of philosophy and a very important topic in the religious sciences for centuries, psych...
Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
Sylvia Beyer
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)IntroductionA nation’s prosperity depends to a significant degree on a highly educated work...
Women, Psychology of
Florence Denmark, Michele Paludi
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Psychology of Women Introduction The field of the psychology of women provides feminist correctives to the theories and research that have omit...
Work Well-Being
Annabelle Roberts, Ed O'Brien
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Work Well-BeingIntroductionOnly one third of the 100 million full-time employees in the United States feel engaged at work, according to Gallup’s 2017...
Wundt, Wilhelm
Saulo de Freitas Araujo
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Wilhelm WundtIntroductionWilhelm Maximilian Wundt (b. 1832―d. 1920) was a central figure in German culture between the second half of the 19th century...
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