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Health psychology (1223 bytes)
1: ...utting down on health risk factors and increasing healthy behaviors can greatly increase ones chances of l...
4: Taylor, S. E. (1990). ''Health psychology''. American Psychologist, 45(1), 40-50.
5: Dennis Coon (1998). ''Introduction to psychology: exploration and application''. Publisher: Brooks...
9: [[Category:Psychology]]

Psychology (29255 bytes)
1: {{psychology}}
2: ...chology by means of comparison (see [[comparative psychology]]).
4: ...h is reflected in the dominance of [[cognitivism (psychology)|cognitivism]] as the guiding [[theory|theoretica...
6: ...areas such as [[artificial intelligence]], [[neuropsychology]], and [[cognitive neuroscience]].
8: ...niscentia'' or ''"On Memory and Recollection"''), psychology emerged as a separate discipline only recently. T...

Self (psychology) (2335 bytes)
1: {{psychology}}
3: ...elf''' is a key construct in several schools of [[Psychology]]. Usages differ between theorists and fields of...
24: ...mplete autonomy is a uniquely western approach to psychology and models of self are employed constantly in are...
26: ...as they do. [[Nikolas Rose]] (1998) proposes that psychology is now employed as a technology: one that allows ...

Cognitivism (psychology) (5054 bytes)
1: {{psychology}}
2: In [[psychology]] '''cognitivism''' is a theoretical approach to ...
5: ...pts a [[positivist]] approach and the belief that psychology can be (in principle) fully explained by the use ...
7: ...has become the dominant force in post-[[1960s]] [[psychology]], replacing [[behaviorism]] as the most popular ...
9: It is important to understand that [[cognitive psychology]] has not disproved the methods of behaviorism (i...

Color psychology (6596 bytes)
1: ...f [[color]] on human behavior and feeling. Color psychology is an immature field of study viewed dubiously by...
5: Practitioners of color psychology, sometimes called '''color consultants''', claim ...
11: Although color psychology is a relatively new area of scientific research, ...
69: [[Category:Psychology]]

Chunking (psychology) (3513 bytes)
1: In [[cognitive psychology]] and [[mnemonics]], '''chunking''' refers to a s...
3: ...formation theory]] was beginning to be applied in psychology, Miller observed that whereas some human cognitiv...

Humanistic psychology (2784 bytes)
1: {{psychology}}
2: ...y of psychology), an approach of which humanistic psychology has been strongly critical. Instead, the discipli...
9: * [[cognitivism (psychology)]]
10: * [[critical psychology]]
12: * [[positive psychology]]

Attitude (psychology) (1619 bytes)
3: ...ey concept in [[social psychology]]. In academic psychology parlance, attitudes are positive or negative view...
16: [[Category:Social psychology]]

Folk psychology (3182 bytes)
1: ...sometimes called '''naïve psychology''') is the [[psychology|psychological]] theory implicit in our everyday a...
5: ...ny of our social actions and judgements about the psychology of others. It encompasses all of the assumptions ...
7: ... This, of course, raises the question of how folk psychology would fare in this respect and this matter is a s...
9: ...d the possibility of vindicating / extending folk psychology by allowing its theoretical terms (e.g. 'belief' ...
11: ...and [[Stephen Stich]]. Stich's book, "''From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science: The Case Against Belief''" ...

Biological psychology (1193 bytes)
3: {{psychology}}
4: ...] and [[psychology]]. Practitioners of biological psychology may use their knowledge of the [[brain]], from [[...
10: *[[neuropsychology]]
15: ... psychology| Important publications in biological psychology]]
20: [[Category:biopsychology]]

Applied psychology (404 bytes)
1: ...emise of '''applied psychology''' is the use of [[psychology|psychological]] principles and theories to overco...
8: [[Category:Applied psychology| ]]

Experimental psychology (2994 bytes)
1: ...linical psychology|clinical]] and [[developmental psychology]].
3: ...f behavior]], and some aspects of [[physiological psychology]].
5: ...tions for the subsequent development of cognitive psychology.
7: ...s well as some [[university]] courses of study in psychology.
9: ...ch studies can be found in the [[Web Experimental Psychology Lab]] and the [[web experiment list]].

Host (psychology) (887 bytes)
1: In [[psychology]] and [[mental health]], a '''host''' is the most important (to [[thera...

Imprinting (psychology) (5130 bytes)
3: '''Imprinting''' is the term used in [[psychology]] and [[ethology]] to describe any kind of phase-...

Positive psychology (1236 bytes)
1: ...eligman|Martin E.P. Seligman]], and a movement in psychology which emphasizes what is right with people rather...
3: ...c categorization of mental illnesses. '''Positive Psychology''' is an attempt to redress the balance, to encou...
5: An important feature of Positive Psychology is its rejection of [[moral relativism]]. This is...
7: ...the gratification of becoming lost in the [[flow (psychology)|flow]] of a task that engages ones abilities.
10: *[http://www.positivepsychology.org Positive Psychology Webpage]

Crowd psychology (835 bytes)
1: '''Crowd psychology''' characterises the [[group dynamics]] of a larg...

Faculty psychology (731 bytes)
1: '''Faculty psychology''' is a view of the mind as having seperare modul...
3: However, faculty psychology has been revived in by [[Jerry Fodor]]'s concept ...
8: ...es.csbsju.edu/esass/facultypsychology.htm Faculty Psychology and Mental Discipline - A Brief Overview]
9: ...0/Courses/63/facultypsychology.html Early Faculty Psychology]

Poker psychology (3337 bytes)
1: ...said and done, '''[[poker]] is ultimately about [[psychology]]''' - playing against your competitors. For exam...
3: ...n to be able to "read" those tells. Mastering the psychology of poker, however, is much more important (and, i...
5: Poker psychology boils down to your ability to watch how others pl...
7: The simplest layer of poker psychology is to watch what your opponents visibly do based ...
11: ...own. In fact, it is during these games that poker psychology is most readily learned, because in draw games yo...

Gestalt psychology (5079 bytes)
1: ...ure in psychological events. According to Gestalt psychology, people naturally organize their [[perception]]s ...
3: ...s first introduced in contemporary philosophy and psychology by [[Christian von Ehrenfels]] (a member of the [...
24: ... linked to Gestalt psychology. A strictly Gestalt psychology based therapeutic method is [[Gestalt Theoretical...
26: ...alt psychology| Important publications in gestalt psychology]]
30: ...ceptions, Readings and Interpretations of Gestalt psychology - by Fiorenza Toccafondi]

Systemic psychology (366 bytes)
3: '''Systemic psychology''' is a branch of [[psychology]] that treats groups (and to some extent individu...

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