The rapidly changing field of psychology encompasses a wide range of concepts, theories, experiments, and related scientific disciplines. The JRank Psychology Encyclopedia web site endeavors to provide useful information on many aspects of psychology. Famous experiments, psychological theories, mental disorders, and the science of the human mind are just a few of the topics covered in the thousands of articles collected here.
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Ability, Abortion, Absolute Threshold, Acculturation - Cultural pluralism and multiculturalism, Action Potential, Adaptation, Addiction/Addictive Personality, Affect, Affiliation, Aggression, Aging, Alcohol Dependence and Abuse - QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, Alienation, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Anger, Antidepressants - Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), Archetype, Artificial Intelligence, Associationism, Attachment, Attention, Attitude and Behavior - Changing attitudes to change behavior, Changing behavior to influence attitudes…
Withdrawal Behavior, Mental Imagery, Middle Years, Military Psychology - The psychology of military organization, The psychology of military life, The psychology of combat, Mnemonic Strategies - MNEMONIC DEVICE FOR THE FIVE GREAT LAKES, Mode - EXAMPLE, Mood, Motivation, Narcissism, Narcotic Drugs, Nature-Nurture Controversy - GENES AND BEHAVIOR, Near-Death Experience, Negativism, Neocortex, Nerve, Nervous System, Neuron, Neurosis - Origins, Categories, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Neurotransmitter, Nightmares, Normal Distribution, Norm, Normal, Obesity…
Abnormal Psychology, Applied Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Differential Psychology, Educational Psychology, Ethology, Etiology - The change in theory, Existential Psychology - History of the movement, Experimental Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Gestalt Psychology, Health Psychology, Humanistic Psychology - Theories and therapeutic applications, Research, Industrial Psychology, Media Psychology - What does psychology have to do with media?, Processing information, Metapsychology, Occupational Therapist, Parapsychology, Philosophical Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Psychiatry/Psychiatrist, Psychoanalysis - Psychoanalysis and the development of personality, Freud's critics…
Mental Age, Moral Development - STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT, Developmental Delay, Theories of Developmental Stages - STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, Night Terrors, Echolalia, Oedipus Complex, Emotional Development - Early infancy (birth-six months), Later infancy months) (7-12), Parent-Child Relationships - Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschool, School age, Adolescence, Adults, Peer Acceptance, Peer Pressure, Family Size, Family - FATHER-CHILD HOUSEHOLD, Feral Children, Fine Motor Skills - Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschool, School age, Encouraging fine motor development…
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Adjustment Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, Anorexia, Antisocial Behavior - Causes and characteristics, Treatment, Antisocial Personality Disorder - Treatment, Anxiety/Anxiety Disorders, Aphasia, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Who gets ADHD?, What causes ADHD?, Treatment, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Brain Disorders, Brief Reactive Psychosis, Bulimia, Communication Skills and Disorders, Conversion Reaction, Delirium, Delusion/Delusional Disorders, Dependent Personality Disorder, Developmental Reading Disorder - Types of and causes of reading disorders…
Nathan Ward Ackerman - Pioneers field of family psychology, Founds institute to study the family, Alfred Adler, Mary Ainsworth, Gordon Willard Allport - Publishes theory of personality, Examines the nature of prejudice, Anne Anastasi - Skips high school and discovers psychology at Barnard College, Albert Bandura, Nancy Bayley - Defines her niche in developmental psychology, Initiates major study of infant development, Aaron T. Beck - A pragmatic approach to therapy, A family affair, Clifford Beers, Bruno Bettelheim, Alfred Binet, Medard Boss, Murray Bowen, John Bowlby…
Amnesia, Assimilation, Avoidance Learning, Concept Formation, Conditioned Response, Conditioned Stimulus, Conditioning, Forgetting Curve, Free-Recall Learning, Imitation, Imprinting, Learned Helplessness, Learning Curve, Learning Disability - Types of learning disabilities, Treatment, Learning Theory, Learning-To-Learn, Memory - FALSE AND RECOVERED MEMORIES, Modeling, Operant Conditioning, Paired-Associate Learning, Programmed Learning, Rehearsal, Semantic Memory, Serial Learning, Serial Position Function, Social Learning Theory, Socialization…
Animal Experimentation - History, Current trends, Behavior Modification - DID SKINNER RAISE HIS OWN CHILD IN A SKINNER BOX?, Experimental Design, Experimental Group, Jukes Family, Kallikak Family, Milgram's Obedience Experiment, Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study, Sensory Deprivation…
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association (APA), American Psychological Society (APS), National Association of School Psychologists, National Institute of Mental Health, Psychological Abstracts…
Achievement Tests, Ames Room, Apgar Score, Psychological Assessment, Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Bender-Gestalt Test, Creativity Tests, Culture-Fair Test, Draw-a-Person Test, Electroencephalograph (EEG), Free Association, Holtzman Inkblot Technique, Kohs Block Test, Lie Detection, Mean - EXAMPLE, Measurement, Median - EXAMPLE, Merrill-Palmer Scales Of Mental Tests, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Personality Inventory, Rating Scale, Readiness Test, Role Playing/Psychodrama, Rorschach Technique…
Art Therapy - Applications, Benefits, Attribution Theory, Aversive Conditioning, Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Counterconditioning, Covert Sensitization, Crisis Intervention, Desensitization, Drug Therapy, Electrical Stimulation of the Brain (ESB), Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Music Therapy - General effects of music therapy, How music therapy is used, Primal Therapy, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, Reality Therapy - Language of reality therapy, Procedure, Self-Help Groups - Overview, Benefits, Results, Sensitivity Training…
abacus, abnormal, abreaction, acceleration, accidental property, accident proneness, accommodation (of the eye), acetylcholine (Ach), acupuncture, addiction, Alfred Adler Biography, adolescence, adrenaline (epinephrine), Edgar Douglas Adrian Biography, aesthetics, aesthetics: some psychological approaches, affect, afferent, after-effect, perceptual, after-image, ageing, ageing: sensory and perceptual changes, aggressive behaviour, agnosia, agoraphobia, agraphia, akinesia, alcoholism, alexia (or word-blindness), Al-Farabi (Muhammad Ibn-Muhammad Ibn-Tarkhan Ibn-Uzlagh Abu-Nasr Al-Farabi, or Alpharabius) Biography…
‘emergence’ and ‘reduction’ in explanations, Emmert's law, emotion, emotional brain, empathy, encounter group, endorphins, engram, entailment, entelechy, Epicurus Biography, epilepsy, epiphenomena, epistemology, ergonomics, erotic, essence, ethology, Euclid Biography, evoked potentials, evolution: has it a purpose?, evolution: neo-Darwinian theory, evolutionary psychology, evolution of the ear, existentialism, external world, extrasensory perception (ESP), extraterrestrial intelligence, extroversion/introversion, eye contact (or ‘mutual gaze’), eye movements, eye movements for pictures…
metaphysics, metempsychosis, Albert Michotte Biography, migraine, military incompetence, military mind, James Mill Biography, John Stuart Mill Biography, mind and body, mind–body problem: philosophical theories, mind in science fiction, mirror cells, mirror reversal, mnemonics, models, explanatory, monad, Maria Montessori Biography, moon illusion, George Edward Moore Biography, Conwy Lloyd Morgan Biography, motion perception, Johannes Peter Müller Biography, Franz Carl Müller-Lyer Biography, multiple personalities, Munchausen syndrome, muscular action, music, psychology of, music perception: history of thought…
