Encyclopedia - Principles Of Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Psychology - The Analytical Arguments Of The Principles
There were five chief targets of the critical/analytical arguments of the volume: innatism (typified by Immanuel Kant); associationism (b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principles Of Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Psychology - James' Qualified Defense Of Introspection
Introspection, James wrote, is "difficult and fallible." But it isn't uniquely so -- the difficulties involved are those of "all observat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principles Of Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Psychology - Nineteenth Century Experimental Results
The opening of Principles, after introductory material is out of the way, presents what was known at the time of writing about the locali...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Applied Psychology: Encyclopedia - Applied Psychology
The basic premise of applied psychology is the use of psychological principles and theories to overcome practical problems in other field...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitivism Psychology: Encyclopedia - Cognitivism Psychology
In psychology, cognitivism is a theoretical approach to understanding the mind, which argues that mental function can be understood by qu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis: Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis
Psychosynthesis is a form of transpersonal psychology which insists on integration, or synthesis of various psychological functions in or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hakomi: Encyclopedia - Hakomi
Hakomi therapy is a form of depth psychology developed by Ron Kurtz. 'Hakomi' is a Hopi word meaning "Who are you? - You are, who you are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitive Poetics: Encyclopedia - Cognitive Poetics
Cognitive poetics is a relatively new school of literary criticism that applies the principles of cognitive science, particularly cogniti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Connectionism: Encyclopedia - Connectionism
Connectionism is an approach in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology and philosophy of mind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia - Logos
The Greek word λόγος or logos is a word with various meanings. It is often translated into English as "Word" but can also mean thoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Synchronicity: Encyclopedia - Synchronicity
Synchronicity is a word coined by the Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung to describe the temporally coincident occurences of acausal eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Construct Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Construct Psychology - Principles
The main tenet of PCP theory is the following: A person's unique psychological processes are channelized by the way he anticipates events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Bates: Encyclopedia - William Bates
William Horatio Bates (1860 - 1931) was an American physician who developed what is now known as the Bates Method of eye exercises. As an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Introducing Psychology
List of publications in psychology - Introducing Psychology. Nigel Benson Introducing Psychology, 1998. Totem/Icon Books. Description...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Behaviorism
List of publications in psychology - Psychology as the behaviorist views it. John B. Watson Psychological Review, 20, pp. 158-177. Onl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Personality
List of publications in psychology - A Theory of Human Motivation. Abraham Maslow Psychological Review, 50, 370-396. (1943) Online ver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Gestalt Psychology
List of publications in psychology - Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement. Max Wertheimer Experimental Studies of the Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Psychoanalysis And Psychotherapy
List of publications in psychology - The Interpretation of Dreams. Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of Dreams, 1900. Online version D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Educational Psychology
Cronbach, Lee J. (1957). The two disciplines of scientific psychology. American Psychologist, 12, 671-684. Gordon, Kate. (1905). Wherein ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Cognitive Psychology
Description: Importance: ... See also:List of publications in psychology, List of publications in psychology - Introducing Psychology,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Clinical Psychology
Description: This publication was the foundation of the classification systems used in today's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Menta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Social Psychology
Classic Readings on Prejudice and Intergroup Relations * Allport, G.W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. New York: Doubleday. Descri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Construct Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Construct Psychology - The Repertory Grid
To build a Repertory Grid (a sort of matrix) for a patient, Kelly would first ask the patient to select about seven elements whose nature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Psychology - Forensic Psychology
List of publications in psychology - Forensic Psychology. Alan M. Goldstein Forensic Psychology, 2003 ISBN 0-47-161920-5 Description:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitive Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Cognitive Science - Research Methods
Many different methodologies are used to study cognitive science. As the field is highly interdisciplinary, research often cuts across mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Educational Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Educational Psychology - Learning And Cognition
Several perspectives have been established within which the theories used in educational psychology are formed and contested. These inclu...   » 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 - Gestalt Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestalt Psychology - Theoretical Framework And Methodology
The investigations developed at the beginning of the 20th century, based on traditional scientific methodology, divided the object of stu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitivism Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cognitivism Psychology - Theoretical Approach
Cognitivism has two major components, one methodological, the other theoretical. Methodologically, cognitivism adopts a positivist approa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satisficing: Encyclopedia Ii - Satisficing - Cybernetics Artificial Intelligence
In cybernetics, satisficing is optimisation where all costs, including the cost of the optimisation calculations and the cost of getting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satisficing: Encyclopedia Ii - Satisficing - Cognitive Psychology
In cognitive psychology, the Jon A. Krosnick theory of survey satisficing says that optimal question answering involves a great deal of c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satisficing: Encyclopedia Ii - Satisficing - Economics
In economics, satisficing is a behaviour which attempts to achieve at least some minimum level of a particular variable, but which does n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Neural Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Neural Network - Early Study
(see also: history of Connectionism) Early treatments of neural networks can be found in Herbert Spencer's Principles of Psychology, 3rd ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Cousin: Encyclopedia Ii - Victor Cousin - Doctrine Of The Reason
But it is in his doctrine of the Reason that the distinctive principle of the philosophy of Cousin lies. The reason given to us by psycho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behavioral Finance: Encyclopedia Ii - Behavioral Finance - History
During the classical period, economics had a close link with psychology. For example, Adam Smith wrote an important text describing psych...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Dolphin - Dolphin Behavior
Dolphins are widely believed to be amongst the most intelligent of all animals. A typical statement would be that dolphins are roughly as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Femininity: Encyclopedia Ii - Femininity - Femininity In Men
In circumstances such as prison where men are segregated from women, a fraction of the population will nevertheless divide according to p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicely Saunders: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicely Saunders - Life And Work
Saunders was educated at ([[1]]) Roedean, St Anne's College, Oxford, St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, and at the ([[2]]) Nightingale S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - Arguments Against Philosophy
The fifth and last essay is devoted to a criticism of the various philosophical systems known at the time of the author. Judah attacks by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coercion: Encyclopedia Ii - Coercion - Overview
Any person’s set of feasible choices is obtained from the combination of two elements: the ‘’initial endowment’’ (the perceived...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William James: Encyclopedia Ii - William James - Writings
William James wrote voluminously throughout his life; a fairly complete bibliography of his writings by John McDermott is 47 pages long (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William James: Encyclopedia Ii - William James - List Of Major Works
Collections William James: Writings 1878-1899, Library of America, 1212 p., (1992) ISBN 0940450720 Psychology: Briefer Course (rev. and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind Control: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind Control - Mind Control In Conspiracy Theory
Some discredit these views as possible symptoms of schizophrenia (and sometimes of other forms of psychosis) include the belief that one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Change Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Change Management - Schools And Concepts Of Change Management
There are many schools of thoughts and tools that are related to Change Management. Most of them converge into three principles: The cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noam Chomsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Noam Chomsky - Contributions To Psychology
Chomsky's work in linguistics has had major implications for psychology and its fundamental direction in the 20th century. His theory of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biofeedback: Encyclopedia Ii - Biofeedback - Origins Of Biofeedback
Neal Miller, a psychology Ph.d and neuroscientist who worked and studied at Yale, is generally considered to be the father of modern-day ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hand Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Hand Psychology
hand psychology: A form of scientific palmistry.   Its principle is that one's hands reveal vast psychological information. Hand...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychology: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Psychology
A Theosophical definition of Psychology :   Psychology This word is ordinarily used to signify in our days, and in the seats of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biodynamic Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Biodynamic Psychology
biodynamic psychology (Biodynamic therapy): Therapeutic approach developed by Gerda Boyesen, a clinical psychologist and physiotherapi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integral Counseling Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Integral Counseling Psychology
integral counseling psychology: A form of psychotherapy taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco. It e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychology: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Psychology
Psychology: Divination by means of the features of the head (interior).   (See also: Psychology , Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dicti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Humanistic Psychology: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Humanistic Psychology
Humanistic Psychology The school of psychology originated by Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and others, that emphasizes the uniqueness of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transpersonal Psychology: Parapsychology Dictionary On Transpersonal Psychology
Transpersonal Psychology: The study of experiences, beliefs and practices that suggest that the sense of self can extend beyond our p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transpersonal Psychology/counseling: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Transpersonal Psychology/counseling
Transpersonal Psychology / Transpersonal Counseling A school of psychology that aims at integrating Western science and Eastern though...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Somatic Psychology: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Somatic Psychology
SOMATIC PSYCHOLOGY This is a body-based orientation that facilitates the client’s therapeutic process.   A client session ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Humanistic Psychology: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Humanistic Psychology
Humanistic Psychology The school of psychology originated by Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and others, that emphasizes the uniqueness of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transpersonal Psychology (tp): New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Transpersonal Psychology (tp)
transpersonal psychology (TP) Movement stressing full sensory, psychic and spiritual development   (See also: Transpersonal p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Process Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Process Psychology
process psychology (Dreambody approach, Dreambody Work, process oriented psychology, Process-Oriented Psychotherapy, Process Work): Sp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transpersonal Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Transpersonal Psychology
transpersonal psychology (transpersonal counseling, transpersonal counseling psychology): Combination of Jungian psychology, psychosyn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jungian Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Jungian Psychology
Jungian psychology (Analytical Psychology): System of psychoanalysis founded by psychiatrist and reincarnationist Carl Gustav Jung (18...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Humanistic Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Humanistic Psychology
Humanistic Psychology (holistic psychology): An approach to psychology in which emphasis is on one's ability to direct one's life and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychological Astrology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Psychological Astrology
psychological astrology (astro-psychology): Combination of horoscopic astrology (see astrologic medicine) and Jungian psychology. psyc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soul-centered Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Soul-centered Psychology
soul-centered psychology: Afrocentric mode of psychotherapy advanced by John Bolling, M.D. Its theory posits: (a) soul perception and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pre- And Perinatal Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Pre- And Perinatal Psychology
Pre- and Perinatal Psychology: Method whose theory posits cellular imprints created at conception and between conception and birth. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sacred Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Sacred Psychology
sacred psychology: Experiential psychology developed by psychologist Jean Houston, former president of the Association for Humanistic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Christian Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Christian Psychology
Christian psychology: Any ostensible form of psychology that involves biblical counseling.   (See also: Christian psychology ,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Color Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Color Psychology
color psychology: Variation of color therapy.   (See also: Color psychology , Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhist Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Buddhist Psychology
Buddhist psychology: comprehensive science of mind and being. It includes Abhidharma analysis. (The Abhidharma is the third part of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Archetypal Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Archetypal Psychology
archetypal psychology: Form of psychotherapy akin to theotherapy and advanced by Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen. Archetypal psycho...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Spiritual Psychology
spiritual psychology: Healing modality that stems from anthroposophy, archetypal psychology, and Jungian psychology.   (See al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Energy Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Energy Psychology
energy psychology: Subject of Energy Tapping, by psychologists Fred P. Gallo, Ph.D., and Harry Vincenzi, Ed.D. Its basis is the acupun...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eastern Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Eastern Psychology
Eastern psychology: Group of psychological therapies of Eastern origin, notably those psychological methods that are parts of Ayurveda...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychology Of Evil: Alternative Health Dictionary On Psychology Of Evil
Psychology of evil: Nascent Christian psychological philosophy endorsed by M. (Morgan) Scott Peck, M.D. Peck is the author of The Road...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychology: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Psychology
Psychology. The Science of Soul, in days of old: a Science which served as the unavoidable basis for physiology. Whereas in our modern...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychologization: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Psychologization
Psychologization.   See HYPNOTISM   (See also: Psychologization , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychology: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Psychology
Psychology In philosophy, the systematic study of mind, as opposed to physics or the study of matter. Applied in theosophy to the attr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Super Shape Psychological Conditioning System: Alternative Health Dictionary On Super Shape Psychological Conditioning System
Super Shape Psychological Conditioning System: Audio subsidiary to the SuperShape Permanent Weight Control System (also called the Sup...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hierarchy Of Compassion, Spiritual-psychological Hierarchy: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hierarchy Of Compassion, Spiritual-psychological Hierarchy
Hierarchy of Compassion, Spiritual-psychological Hierarchy The hierarchy of spiritual beings extending from the highest solar or galac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hierarchy Of Compassion, Spiritual-psychological Hierarchy: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hierarchy Of Compassion, Spiritual-psychological Hierarchy
Hierogrammatists (from Greek hierogrammateus from hieros sacred + grammateus scribe)   Applied by Greek writers to the sacred scr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Unifying Principle: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Unifying Principle
Unifying Principle Ying and yang; the universal compass of complementary/antagonism that explains and unifies the world of change inc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theocentric Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Theocentric Therapy
Theocentric Therapy (Christian Psychological Counseling, Theocentric Counseling, Theocentric Psychological Counseling, Theocentric Psy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychotherapy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a psychological technique, as psychoanalysis, group therap...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Christian Counseling: Alternative Health Dictionary On Christian Counseling
Christian counseling: Variation of biblical counseling. Behavioral issues, social factors, and theological principles that affect phys...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychodynamic Chirology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Psychodynamic Chirology
Psychodynamic Chirology (PDC): A comprehensive diagnostic discipline based on the medical-genetic science of dermatoglyphics (see hand...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychophysiology: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Mind-body Relation
Psychophysiology , Mind-body relation , Mind-body relations, Mind-body relationship, Mind-body relationships, Physiologic psychologie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alchemical Hypnotherapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Alchemical Hypnotherapy
Alchemical Hypnotherapy (Alchemical work): Powerful transformative process developed by David Quigley. Its design is to assist clients...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shen: Alternative Health Dictionary On Shen
SHEN (Specific Human Energy Nexus Therapy, SHEN Therapy): Psychological form of touch therapy. One of its principles is that an emotio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sound Energetics: Alternative Health Dictionary On Sound Energetics
Sound Energetics: Invention of Helena Reilly, M.A. It involves analysis of the voice and the application of sound at frequencies that ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transformational Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Transformational Therapy
Transformational Therapy: versatile and powerful therapy technique developed at the Heartwood Institute, in Garberville, California. I...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Essence Guided Imagery Process):: Alternative Health Dictionary On Essence Guided Imagery Process):
E.S.S.E.N.C.E. (ESSENCE Guided Imagery Process): Form of guided imagery developed by Dr. Mitch Gaynor, author of Healing Essence: A Ca...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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