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Psychology Vocab
Psychology Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology | The science of mental life |
| Phobia | An anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear |
| Cognition | The psychological result of perception and reasoning |
| Hypothesis | A tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested |
| Theory | A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world |
| Variable | Something in an experiment that is likely to change |
| Altruism | The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| Collectivism | A theory that the people should own the means of production |
| Culture | All the knowledge and values shared by a society |
| Inhibition | The conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires |
| constancy | The tendency to give rise to similar perceptual experiences |
| Persona | An image of oneself that one presents to the world |