Encyclopedia - Personality Psychology: Encyclopedia - Personality Psychology
Personality psychology is a branch of psychology which studies personality and individual difference processes - that which makes us into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personality Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Personality Psychology - Brain Research
Around the 1990s, neuroscience entered the domain of personality psychology. Whereas previous efforts for identifying personality differe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personality Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Personality Psychology - Personality Tests
Types of personality tests include the Holland Codes, the Rorschach test, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Myers-Brig...   » Read the article

Article - Parapsychological Research: Parapsychology And Personal Survival After Death
Supernatural phenomena are still being dismissed by the academic community. Influenced by recent breaktroughs leading to an explanation o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia - Psychology
Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = "soul" or "mind", logos/-ology = "study of") is an academic and applied field involving the study of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinical Neuropsychology: Encyclopedia - Clinical Neuropsychology
Clinical neuropsychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that specialises in the clinical assessment and treatment of patients with brai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitive Psychology: Encyclopedia - Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychology is the psychological science that studies cognition, the mental processes that underlie behavior, including thinking...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia - Brain
In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for "in the head"), acts as the control center of the central nervous system. In most animals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia - Mind
The mind is the term most commonly used to describe the higher functions of the human brain, particularly those of which humans are subje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Affective Neuroscience: Encyclopedia - Affective Neuroscience
Affective neuroscience is the study of the neural mechanisms of emotion. This interdisciplinary field combines neuroscience with the psyc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imagery: Encyclopedia - Imagery
Imagery is any poetic reference to the five senses (sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste). Essentially, imagery is a group of words th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yawn: Encyclopedia - Yawn
A yawn is a reflex of deep inhalation and exhalation associated with being tired, with a need to sleep, or from boredom. The word "yawn" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anhedonia: Encyclopedia - Anhedonia
In psychology, anhedonia (< an- + Greek hēdonē pleasure) is a patient's inability to experience pleasure from normally pleasurable l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motivation: Encyclopedia - Motivation
In psychology, motivation is the driving force (desire) behind all actions of human beings, animals, and lower organisms. Many textbooks ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clare W. Graves: Encyclopedia - Clare W. Graves
Integral organizations: Integral Institute Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies Integral University Clare W. Graves (December 21, 1914-Januar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laughter: Encyclopedia - Laughter
Laughter is the biological reaction of humans to moments or occasions of humor: an outward expression of amusement. Laughter is subcatego...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony David: Encyclopedia - Anthony David
Anthony David is Professor of Cognitive neuropsychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, part of King's College London. Professor David st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Brain Injury: Encyclopedia - Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called acquired brain injury, intracranial injury, or simply head inj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bicameralism Psychology: Encyclopedia - Bicameralism Psychology
In psychology, bicameralism is a controversial theory asserting that the human brain once assumed a state known as a bicameral mind in wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitive Science: Encyclopedia - Cognitive Science
Cognitive science is usually defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence (e.g. Luger 1994). Practically every intro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neurofeedback: Encyclopedia - Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback (NFB), also called neurotherapy, neurobiofeedback or EEG biofeedback, enables an individual to train brainwave activity, as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence: Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence, also called EI or EQ, describes an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia - Psychosis
Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term for mental states in which the components of rational thought and perception are severely impaire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - Criticisms Of Psychology
Although modern mainstream psychology largely endeavors to be a scientific endeavor, the field has a history of controversy. Some critici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - Criticisms Of Psychology
Although modern mainstream psychology largely attempts to be a scientific endeavor, the field has a history of controversy. Some criticis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reparative Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Reparative Therapy - History
The idea of altering a person's sexual orientation is not a new idea and harkens back to the start of psychology itself. By classifying h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Evidence For Adhd As An Organic Phenomenon
Brain imaging research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown that differences exist between the brains of children with and wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Evidence For Adhd As An Organic Phenomenon
Brain imaging research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown that differences exist between the brains of children with and wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Evidence For Adhd As An Organic Phenomenon
Brain imaging research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown that differences exist between the brains of children with and wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Health And Iq
Persons with a higher IQ have generally lower adult morbidity and mortality. This may be because they better avoid injury and take better...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - Theories Of The Mind
There are many theories of what the mind is and how it works, dating back to Plato, Aristotle and other Ancient Greek philosophers. Pre-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - Theories Of The Mind
There are many theories of what the mind is and how it works, dating back to Plato, Aristotle and other Ancient Greek philosophers. Pre-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - Scope Of Psychology
Psychology is an extremely broad field, encompassing many different approaches to the study of mental processes and behavior. Below are t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - Principles Of Psychology
Psychology - Mind and brain. Psychology does not necessarily refer to the brain or nervous system and can be framed purely in terms of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - Scope Of Psychology
Psychology is an extremely broad field, encompassing many different approaches to the study of mental processes and behavior. Below are t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marketing: Encyclopedia Ii - Marketing - The Neurobiology Of Marketing
In 1970 neurologist Paul D. MacLean proposed that the human brain has three parts, each one of which grew on top of the other, over evolu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - Research Methods
Psychology is conducted both scientifically and non-scientifically, but is to a large extent wholly rigorous. Mainstream psychology is ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Study Of The Brain
Although folklore about putatively 90% dormant human brain has proven scientifically unfounded, researchers until the mid 1990s focused o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simon Baron-cohen: Encyclopedia Ii - Simon Baron-cohen - Research Areas
Baron-Cohen has proposed several seminal concepts in understanding autism and in developmental behavioural neuroscience, that include the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neuropsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Neuropsychology - Approaches
Experimental neuropsychology is an approach which uses methods from experimental psychology to uncover the relationship between the nervo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - Current Research
The debate about the nature of the mind is relevant to the development of artificial intelligence. If the mind is indeed a thing separate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Function
The human brain is the seat of the human mind - the set of cognitive processes related to perception, interpretation, imagination and mem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - History
Main article: History of psychology Rudolf Goclenius, a German scholastic philosopher, is credited with inventing the term 'psychology' (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology - History
Main article: History of psychology The late 19th century marks the start of psychology as a scientific enterprise. The year 1879 is comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Institute Of Psychiatry: Encyclopedia Ii - Institute Of Psychiatry - Departments
Institute of Psychiatry - Biostatistics and Computing. This department provides expert advice in the interpretation and use of statisti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Importance Of The Brain
Brain - The brain in animals. Three groups of animals, with some exceptions, have notably complex brains: the arthropods (insects and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Psychology - Scientific Psychology
In 1879 Wilhelm Wundt founded a laboratory at the University of Leipzig in Germany, specifically to focus on general and basic questions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Institute Of Psychiatry: Encyclopedia Ii - Institute Of Psychiatry - History
The IOP shares a great deal of its history with the Maudsley Hospital, with which it shares the location of its main building. Originally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Statistical Parametric Mapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Statistical Parametric Mapping - The Statistical Parametric Mapping Approach
Statistical parametric mapping - Unit of measurement. Functional neuroimaging, one type of 'brain scanning', involves the measurement o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatry: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatry - History
Psychiatric illnesses are sometimes characterised as disorders of the mind rather than the brain, although the distinction is not always ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saturn 3: Encyclopedia Ii - Saturn 3 - Synopsis
A huge spacecraft is in orbit about the planet Saturn, and is set to launch a craft to one of the moons, carrying an experiment on board....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marketing: Encyclopedia Ii - Marketing - Technique
For a marketing plan to be successful, the mix of the four "p's" must reflect the wants and desires of the consumers in the target market...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pathogenic Theory Of Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Pathogenic Theory Of Homosexuality - Social Controversy
Many scientists, such as William Byne who is a brain researcher at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, suggest that "Cochran ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unconscious Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Unconscious Mind - Freud's Definition
Probably the most detailed and precise of the various notions of 'unconscious mind' - and the one which most people will immediately thin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exocortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Exocortex - Current Applicability
Exocortex - Cognitive Science Origin. In November 1998 the specific term exocortex was coined by researcher Ben Houston. Houston coined...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Anxiety: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Anxiety - Causes
Scientists have not pinpointed the exact causes of social phobia, which tends to run in families and may affect women slightly more often...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Anxiety: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Anxiety - Causes
Scientists have not pinpointed the exact causes of social phobia, which tends to run in families and may affect women slightly more often...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race And Intelligence Average Gaps Among Races: Encyclopedia Ii - Race And Intelligence Average Gaps Among Races - Brain Size & Structure
Some historical and modern studies, using skull and head measurements, weighing of brains at autopsy report racial differences similar to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Déjà Vu: Encyclopedia Ii - Déjà Vu - Scientific Research
In recent years, déjà vu has been subjected to serious psychological and neurophysiological research. The most likely candidate for exp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Déjà Vu: Encyclopedia Ii - Déjà Vu - Scientific Research
In recent years, déjà vu has been subjected to serious psychological and neurophysiological research. The most likely candidate for exp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosis - Medical Understanding Of Psychosis
There are a number of possible causes for psychosis. Psychosis may be the result of an underlying mental illness such as Bipolar disorder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosis - Medical Understanding Of Psychosis
There are a number of possible causes for psychosis. Psychosis may be the result of an underlying mental illness such as bipolar disorder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Picture Thinking: Encyclopedia Ii - Picture Thinking - Information Processing In Visual Thinking
Thinking visually is often associated with the right half of the brain. The visual-spatial learner model is based on the newest discoveri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyslexia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyslexia - Variations And Related Disorders
Dyslexia is a learning disorder. Its underlying cause may be neurological in nature, but from there, the systems involved splay out into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Emotional Intelligence - Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence - Mayer and Salovey and emotional intelligence. In the early 1990s, John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey published a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Trait: Encyclopedia Ii - One Or Several Types Of Intelligence?
Most experts accept the concept of a single dominant factor of intelligence, general mental ability or g, while others argue that intelli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Trait: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Trait - One Or Several Types Of Intelligence?
Most experts accept the concept of a single dominant factor of intelligence, general mental ability or g, while others argue that intelli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychopharmacology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychopharmacology - Lsd
LSD, a powerful hallucinogen, was developed at the Sandoz Laboratories (now Novartis) in Switzerland from research on chemicals found in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiropractic: Encyclopedia Ii - Chiropractic - Chiropractic Subluxation
Palmer imbued the term "subluxation" with a metaphysical and philosophical meaning. He held that certain dislocations of bones interfered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiropractic: Encyclopedia Ii - Chiropractic - Chiropractic Subluxation
Palmer imbued the term "subluxation" with a metaphysical and philosophical meaning. He held that certain dislocations of bones interfered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatry: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatry - The Dsm System
In the United States, the standard system of psychiatric diagnoses is given in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Obsessive-compulsive Disorder - Causes And Related Disorders
There are many different theories about the cause of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Some research has discovered a type of size abnormali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Obsessive-compulsive Disorder - Causes And Related Disorders
There are many different theories about the cause of obsessive compulsive disorder. Some research has discovered a type of size abnormali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marketing: Encyclopedia Ii - Marketing - Product Price Promotion And Placement
In popular usage, "marketing" is the promotion of products, especially advertising and branding. However, in professional usage the term ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind Control: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind Control - Theoretical Models And Methods
There are several and very different methods which were suggested for achieving mind control. None of these methods have been universally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Empathy - Organic Basis
Research in recent years has focused on possible brain processes as concomitant with empathy. Functional imaging has recently been employ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Critical Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Critical Period - Linguistics
Critical period - First language acquisition. See also: Language acquisition#The Critical Period Hypothesis The Critical Period Hypot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology Of Religion - Other Studies
Psychology of religion - William James: Personal religious experience pragmatism. U.S. psychologist and philosopher William James (1842...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sigmund Freud: Encyclopedia Ii - Sigmund Freud - Freud's Legacy
Sigmund Freud - Psychotherapy. Freud trained as a medical doctor, and as such, he believed his research methods and conclusions were sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Brain Injury: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Brain Injury - Disabilities Resulting From Tbi
Disabilities resulting from a TBI depend upon the severity of the injury, the location of the injury, and the age and general health of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Image: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Image - Research: Measuring Body Image
Body image is often measured by asking the subject to rate his or her current and ideal body shape using a series of drawings of increasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Image: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Image - Research: Measuring Body Image
Body image is often measured by asking the subject to rate his or her current and ideal body shape using a series of drawings of increasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis - Legal And Political Constraints On Open Research
In many countries, experimental science suffers from legal restrictions because cannabis is illegal. Thus, cannabis as a drug is often ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Breggin: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Breggin - A Leading Biological Psychiatry Critic
Dr. Breggin is among the world's foremost critics of psychiatric drugs, and an advocate for psychological and social human services. For ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Empathy - Psychological Perspectives
Some experts (psychologists, psychiatrists, and other scientists) believe that not all humans have an ability to feel empathy or perceive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosis - Psychotic Experience
A psychotic episode can be significantly coloured by mood. For example, people experiencing a psychotic episode in the context of depress...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Science And The Soul
Western science and medicine do recognize the concept of soul or the idea of a soul entity, though many practitioners regard it as an ele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis - Cannabis And Driving
Most studies that have taken factors such as age and alcohol intoxication into account have concluded that cannabis' effect on driving ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Social Psychological Theories
Some of the theories and topics within social psychology address issues which apply to individuals within an interaction, and some discus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thoughtcrime: Encyclopedia Ii - Thoughtcrime - Technology And Thoughtcrime
Just as technology played a significant part in the detection of thoughtcrime in Nineteen Eighty-Four — with the ubiquitous telescreens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology Of Religion - Psychoanalytical Studies
Psychology of religion - Sigmund Freud: Oedipus complex illusion. Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) gave explanations of the genesis of relig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Connectionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Connectionism - Connectionism Vs. Computationalism Debate
As connectionism became increasingly popular in the late 1980s there was a reaction against connectionism by some researchers, including ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Social Psychological Theories
Some of the theories and topics within social psychology address issues which apply to individuals within an interaction, and some discus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Criticism Of Biologism
Gender roles have long been a staple of the Nature/Nurture debate: Traditional theories of gender usually assume that one's gender identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sigmund Freud: Encyclopedia Ii - Sigmund Freud - Freud's Legacy
Sigmund Freud - Psychotherapy. Freud trained as a medical doctor, and as such, he believed his research methods and conclusions were sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narcissism: Encyclopedia Ii - Narcissism - Origins Of Pathological Narcissism
Whether pathological narcissism is the result of genetic programming (see Jose Lopez, Anthony Bemis and others) or of dysfunctional famil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electroconvulsive Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Electroconvulsive Therapy - Effectiveness
Some studies  — later confirmed in controlled clinical trials, which included the use of simulated or "sham" ECT as a control (Jan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personality Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Personality Psychology - Personality Theories
There are several theoretical perspectives on personality in psychology, which involve different ideas about the relationship between per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personality Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Personality Psychology - A Typology Of Personality Models
Modern personality models may generally be broken into three types: factorial models, typologies and circumplexes. Factorial models posit...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - P
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - P . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article