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Psychology Vocab
Psychology Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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 |