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a abnormal

aetiology

affect

affiliation

after-image

age-grading

ageing

ageism

antisocial personality

anxiety

aphasia

apollonian

apparent movement

applied psychology

appraisal

appreception

approach-approach conflict

approach-avoidance conflict

avoidance

avoidance-avoidance conflict

awareness

B Bayley Scales of Infant Development

Bedlam

Bender-Gestalt Test

Bernreuter Personality Inventory

Binet scale

Bleuler, Eugen (1857-1939)

babble

babinski reflex

balance theory

bandwagon effect

bard-cannon theory

basic mistrust

basic personality

basic trust

battle fatigue

becoming

behaviour

behaviour modification

behaviour therapy

behavioural genetics

behaviourism

belief system

bell-shaped curve

berdache

beta rhythm

biased sample

bilateral transfer

bimodal distribution

binocular disparity

binocular fusion

biofeedback

biorhythms

biosocial

bipolar disorder

birth order

birth trauma

black box

blacky pictures

blind spot

body image

body language

bonding

boomerang effect

brain

brain damage

brain localisation

brain potential

brain stimulation

brainstorming

brainwashing

breakthrough

brightness constancy

C CA Chronological age

CAI

CAT

California F-Scale

California Infant Scale

Cannon-Bard Theory

Charcot, Jean Martin

Children's Apperception Test

Clever Hans

catalepsy

cataplexy

catatonic

catharsis

cathexis

cautious shift

censorship

central nervous system

central organising trait

central tendency

centring

cephalocaudal

cerebellum

cerebral cortex

cerebral dominance

cerebral hemispheres

cerebrum

cff

change agent

character amour

character disorder

charisma

chi square

child development

child's theory of mind

childhood

childhood amnesia

childrens apperception test

choice shift

chromosomes

chronobiology

chunking

circadian rhythms

clairvoyance

clang association

classical conditioning

claustrophobia

client

client-centred therapy

clinical psychologist

clinical psychology

clustering

cns

co-twin control

coacting group

cocktail party phenomenon

cognition

cognitive development

cognitive dissonance

cognitive ergonomics

cognitive learning theory

cognitive map

cognitive overload

cognitive psychology

cognitive revolution

cognitive science

cognitive therapy

cohort effect

cold emotion

collective mind

collective unconscious

colour blindness

colour constancy

colour contrast

colour vision

combat fatigue

communicator credibility

community psychology

comparative psychology

compensation

completion test

complex

compliance

compulsion

computer assisted instruction

conation

concept formation

concrete operations

concrete thinking

conditioned response

conditioned stimulus

conditioning

confabulation

confirmation bias

congenital

connectionism

conscious

consciousness

consensual validation

conservation

consolidation

constant object of love

construct validity

consumer psychology

contagion theory of crowds

contamination

content analysis

continuity

contour

control group

conventional stage

convergent thinking

conversion hysteria

correlation

correlation coefficient

counter-transference

counterculture

cretinism

criterion group

critical flicker frequency

critical period

cross-sectional research

crowding behaviour

cultural determinism

cultural lag

cultural relativism

culture

culture-free tests

curiosity

cybernetics

D Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

Darwinian reflex

David's Dictum

Downs Syndrome

Draw-a-Person Test

dark adaptation

death instinct

decentring

decision rule

declarative knowledge

decoding

decortication

deductive reasoning

deep processing

defence mechanism

defensive attribution

definition of the situation

dehumanisation

deindividuation

deja vu

delayed gratification

delinquency

delirium

delirium tremens

della waves

delusion

delusions of grandeur

delusions of persection

demand characteristics

dementia

denial

dependence

dependent variable

depression

deprivation

depth interview

depth of processing

depth perception

depth psychology

descriptive statistics

desensitisation

determinism

developmental psychology

developmental tasks

deviant

deviation

diabolism

diagnostic test

difference limen

differential threshold

differentiation

diffusion of responsibility

digit-span test

diminishing returns

dionysian

dipsomania

discourse analysis

discrimination

disinhibition

disintegration

displacement

display

display rules

dissociation

distributed cognition

distributed practice

distribution

distributive justice

divergent thinking

dizygotic twins

dominance

dominant gene

doppler effect

double-bind technique

double-bind theory

dream

dream interpretation

dream sleep

dream wish

dream work

drive

drive reduction

dual personality

dyad

dynamic psychology

dyslexia

E ECT

EEC

ESP

Erikson, Erik (1902-1979)

Eros

Eysenck, H.J. (1916-1997)

echoic store

echolalia

echolocation

educational psychology

effective stimulus

efferent

efficacy

ego

ego defence

ego ideal

ego psychology

ego strength

egocentricity

eidetic imagery

elaborated code

elaborative rehearsal

electroconvulsive therapy

electroencephalograph

emotion

empathy

empirical

empiricism

encephalitis

encoding

encounter group

endogamy

endorphins

engineering psychology

engram

entrapment

enuresis

environmental-stress theory

epigenesis

epilepsy

epinephrine

epiphenomenon

episodic memory

epistemology

equal-status contact

ergonomics

estrogen

ethnic identity

ethnocentrism

ethnography

ethnology

ethnomethodology

ethology

etiology

eugenics

euthanasia

evoked potential

evolution

exchange theory

exchange theory of friendship

exhibitionism

existential psychiatry

existential psychology

exogamy

experiment

experimental bias

experimental design

experimental group

experimental neurosis

experimental psychology

experimental realism

experimental variable

explicit memory

extended family

externalisation

extinction

extrapunitive

extrasensory perception

extraversion

extrinsic motivation

eye contact

eyewitness testimony

F F-scale

Fechner's law

Freud. Sigmund (1856-1939)

Freudian slip

fabulation

face recognition

face validity

face-to-face group

facework

facilitation

factor analysis

faith healing

false memory syndrome

family therapy

fantasy

father figure

fear of failure

fear of success

feedback

feeling tone

feminism

feral child

field

field dependence-independance

field theory

field work

fight-or-flight reaction

figural after-effect

figure-and-ground

fixed action pattern

fixed-alternative

flattening of affect

flicker fusion frequency

flight into illness

floating affect

folie a deux

forced-choice technique

forensic psychology

forgetting

formal operations

fraternal twins

free association

free-floating anxiety

frequency

frequency distribution

frustration-aggression hypothesis

fugue

functional autonomy

functional disorder

functionalism

fundamental attribution error

G GSR

Gallon, Francis (1822-1911)

Gallup poll

Gaussian curve

Gesell development norms

Gestalt

Gestalt completion test

Gestalt psychology

Goodenough Draw-a-person Test

gain-loss theory of interpersonal attraction

galvanic skin response

game theory

gatekeeping

gender identity

gene

genectics

generalisation

generalised other

generation gap

generativity

genital stage

genotype

gerontology

gestures

glossolalia

goal-directed behaviour

gradient

grand mal

graphology

grasping reflex

great-man theory

group dynamics

group mind

group norm

group polarisation

group test

group therapy

group think

grouping

guiding fiction

guilt

H Hawthorne effect

Huntington's chorea

guilt culture

habit

habituation

hallucination

hallucinogen

halo effect

handwriting analysis

hearing loss

hebephrenia

hedonic

hedonism

helplessness, learned

hemaphrodite

heredity

heritability

heritage

heterosexuality

heuristic

hidden-figure

higher mental processes

higher-order conditioning

hindsight bias

holistic

holophrastic speech

homeostasis

homologous

horizontal-vertical illusion

horn effect

horopter

human communication

human engineering

human factors

human performance factors

humanistic psychology

hydrocephalus

hydrophobia

hyperthyroidism

hypnagogic images

hypnogenic

hypnosis

hypnotherapy

hypochondria

hypothalamus

hypothesis

hypothetical construct

hysteria

hysterical paralysis

I ID

IQ

IRM

IT

Ishihara test

iconic store

ideal self

idee fixe

identical twins

identification

identity

identity crisis

identity formation

idiographic

idiot savant

illusion

imageless thought

imago

imitation

immanent justice

immunisation

implicit memory

implicit personality theory

impression formation

impression management

imprinting

inappropriate affect

incidental learning

incremental learning

independent variable

individual differences

inductive reasoning

industrial psychology

infantile amnesia

infantile birth theories

infantilism

inferential statistic

inferiority complex

information processing

information technology

information theory

inhibition

inkblot test

innate

innate releasing mechanism

inner-directed

inoculation

insight learning

instinct

institutional racism

institutionalisation

instrumental aggression

instrumental conditioning

integration

intellectualising

intelligence

intelligence quotient

intelligence test

intemittent reinforcement

interaction process analysis

interaction recorder

intercorrelations

interference

internal justification

internalisation

interpersonal attraction

interposition

intervening variable

interviewer bias

intrapsychic

intrinsic motivation

intropunitive

introspection

introversion

involution

involutional melancholia

irrational

isomorphic

item analysis

J J curve

JND

James- Lange theory of emotions

Jones, Ernest (1879-1958)

Jung, Carl Custav (1875-1961)

job analysis

just noticeable difference

just-world hypothesis

K Kent-Rosanoff test

Kinsey report

Klein, Melanie (1882-1960)

Kohler, Wolfgang (1887-1967)

Korsakoff's syndrome

Kuder Preference Record

kinaesthetic

kinship system

kleptomania

L LTM

Laing, Ronald D. (1927-1989)

Lamarckianism

Lewin, Kurt (1890-1947)

Likert scale

Little Albert

Little Hans

Lloyd Morgan's Canon

Lorenz, Konrad (1903-1989)

labelling theory

labile

language codes

latent content

latent learning

lateral thinking

lateralisation

laterality

law of parsimony

laws of association

lay analyst

learned helplessness

learning curve

learning plateau

learning set

learning styles

learning theory

lesion

level of aspiration

levels of processing

levels of significance

lie detector

life instinct

life space

limbic system

limen

linguistic determinism

linguistic relativity

lobotomy

localisation

locus of control

long-term memory

longitudinal research

looking-glass self

M MA

MMPI

Machiavellianism

Mania

Maslow, Abraham (1908-1970)

McNaughten rules

Merrill-Palmer Scale

Miller Analogies Test

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Moro Reflex

Muller-Lyer illusion

Murphy's Law

magic thinking

mandala

manic

manic-depressive

manifest content

mantra

marasmus

marginality

masking

maternal deprivation

matriarchy

matrilineal

maturation

maze

mean

measures of central tendency

median

mediate

medical model

medulla (oblongata)

megalomaniac

melancholia

membership group

memory

memory span

memory trace

mental age

mental defective

mental retardation

mental set

mere exposure

mesmerism

meta-analysis

metacognition

metapsychology

middlescence

milieu therapy

mind

mind map

mind-body problem

minimax strategy

mirror writing

misanthropic

miscegenation

misogyny

modal personality

modality

mode

model

modelling

molar

molecular

mongolism

monogamy

monozygotic twins

moral development

motion parrallax

motivation

motor

multimodal distribution

multiple personality

mundane realism

N N Ach

N Aff

Neil A.S. (1883-1976)

naive subject

narcissism

narcolepsy

narcosis

nativism

natural selection

naturalistic observation

nature-nurture problem

need for achievement

need for affiliation

negative reinforcement

negative transfer

neo-Freudian

neologism

neonate

nervous breakdown

nervous prostration

nesting instinct

neuralgia

neurasthenia

neurology

neuron

neurophysiology

neuropsychology

neurosis

night blindness

nomothetic

non-directive therapy

non-verbal communication

nonconscious ideology

nonparametic statistics

nonsense syllables

norm

normal

normal distribution

normative influence

nuclear family

null hypothesis

nystagmus

O Occam's Razor

Ockham's Razor

obedience

object blindness

object cathexis

object constancy

object loss

object permanence

object-relations school

objective

observational learning

obsession

obsessive-complusive neurosis

occipital

occupational psychology

occupational therapy

oestrogen

old brain

olfaction.

one-trial learning

one-way screen

ontogeny

operant conditioning

operational definition

opinion leader

optic nerve

oral stage

organisational culture

organising tendency

orienting reaction

out-of-body experience

outer-directed

overachiever

overcompensation

overconforming

overdetermined

overlearning

P PDP

PGR

PK

PKTJ

Parkinson's Law

Pavlov, Ivan (1849-1939)

Peter Principle

Piaget, Jean (1896-1980)

Poggendorf illusion

Purkinje phenomenon

Pygmalion effect

paediatric

paired associates

paleopsychology

palsy

paper-and-pencil test

paradigm

paradoxical sleep

parakinesis

parallax

parallel distributed processing

parameter

parametric statistics

paranoia

paranormal

parapraxis

parapsychology

part method

partial reinforcement

participant observation

passive-aggressive personality

paternalism

pathological

patriarchy

patrilineal

pattern recognition

peak experience

pecking order

pediatric

peer group

pellagra

penology

percentile

perception

perceptual defence

perseveration

person perception

persona

personal space

personality

petit mul

phantom limb

phenomenology

phenomenon

phenotype

phenylketonuria

phi phenomenon

philosophy

phobia

photographic memory

phrenology

physiognomy

physiological psychology

phytogeny

pilot study

placebo

placebo effect

plantar reflex

plateau

play therapy

pluralistic ignorance

polymorphism

population

positive reinforcement

positivism

possession

post-hypnotic suggestion

post-modernism

postconventional morality

postpartum depression

potlatch

pragnanz

precognition

preconscious

predictive validity

prejudice

preoperational stage

prepositional representations

presentation of self

pretest

prevision

primacy effect

primal therapy

primary attachments

primary colours

primary process

principle of parsimony

prisoner's dilemma

proactive inhibition

probability

procedural knowledge

programmed learning

projection

projective techniques

proprioceptors

protocol

proximity

proximodistal

psyche

psychedelic

psychiatrist

psychiatry

psychic

psychic determinism

psychical research

psychoactive drug

psychoanalysis

psychoanalyst

psychobabble

psychoceramics

psychodiagnostics

psychodrama

psychodynamics

psychogalvanic reflex

psychogenic

psychohistory

psychokinesis

psycholinguistics

psychological field

psychological warfare

psychologism

psychologist's fallacy

psychology

psychometrics

psychomotor

psychoneurosis

psychopath

psychopathology

psychophamacology

psychophysics

psychosis

psychosomatic

psychosurgery

psychotherapist

psychotherapy

pubescence

pyromaniac

Q Q. sort

qualitative methods

quantal hypothesis

quantitative methods

quartile

queuing

quota sampling

R REM sleep

Rogers, Carl (1902-1987)

Romeo and Juliet effect

Rorschach test

r

race

racial memory

racial unconscious

random sample

randomise

rank order

rapid eye movements

rapport

rational-emotive therapy

rationalisation

reactance theory

reaction formation

reaction time

reality principle

reality testing

recall

recency effect

receptor

recessive gene

recidivism

reciprocity

recognition

recovered memory

redintegration

reductionism

reference group

reflex arc

regression

reification

reinforcement

relative deprivation

releaser

reliability

repetition compulsion

replication

representative sample

repression

resistance

response bias

restricted code

retina

retrieval

retroactive inhibition

retrograde amnesia

retrospective falsification

risky shift

role

role playing

rosenthal effect

rote learning

S SQ3R

STM

Seashore test

Skinner B.F. (1904-1990)

Skinner box

Sod's Law

Stall's saw

Strong Vocational Interest Bank

saccadic movement

sample

scapegoat

schema

schizoid

schizophrenia

scotoma

second-order conditioning

selective attention

self

self-actualisation

self-concept

self-esteem

self-fulfilling prophecy

self-image

self-serving bias

semantic differential

semantic memory

semicircular canals

senescence

senile dementia

sensation

sensitivity training

sensorimotor stage

sensory deprivation

sensory memory

separation anxiety

serendipity

serial learning

servomechanism

shaman

shame culture

shaping of behaviour

shell shock

shibboleth

shock treatment

short-term memory

sibling rivalry

signal detection theory

significant other

sleep centre

sleep deprivation

sleeper effect

slip of the tongue

social anthropology

social cohesion

social comparison

social constructionism

social darwinism

social deprivation

social distance scale

social exchange theory

social facilitation

social identity theory

social influence

social interaction

social learning theory

social loafing

social norm

social psychology

social science

social status

social stratification

socialisation

socio-emotional leader

sociobiology

sociocentric

sociology

sociometry

sociopathic personality

somatising

sour grapes reaction

spaced practice

speaking in tongues

speech centre

spilt personality

split-brain technique

spontaneous recovery

stage theory

standard deviation

statistical significance

statistics

stereoscopic vision

stimulus discrimination

stimulus generalisation

strabismus

stranger anxiety

stratified sample

stream of consciousness

stress

stressor

stroboscopic effect

stroking

structuralism

subconscious

subculture

subjective

sublimation

superego

superordinate goal

surrogate

survey research

survival value

symbiosis

symbolic interaction

sympathy

synaesthesia

synapse

systems theory

T T maze

T-group

TAT

Thematic Apperception Test

Thorndike-Lorge count

t-test

task leader

teaching machine

technophobia

telegraphic speech

telekinesis

teleology

telepathy

tender-minded

territoriality

thanatology

thanatos

therapeutic community

therapy

third force

thought-disorder

threshold

tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

token economy

tolerance for ambiguity

topological psychology

totem

tough-minded

tracking

tradition-directed

training analysis

trait

transactional analysis

transcendental meditation

transfer of training

transference

trauma

trial and error learning

truth drug

two-step flow of communication

variable

u unconditional positive regard

unconditioned reflex

unconditioned response

unconditioned stimulus

unconscious

unconscious motivation

underachiever

undoing

utilitarianism

V VTE

Vigotsky test

validity

variance

verbal learning

vicarious trial and error

visual cliff

visual dominance

volunteer bias

W WAIS

WISC

Watson, J.B (1878-1958)

Weber's Law

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children

Wechsler-Bellevue Scale

Weltanschauung

Weltschmenz

Wernicke's Area

Wundt, Wihelm (1832-1920)

whole method

wish-fulfilment

withdrawal

withdrawal symptoms

word association test

word count

work psychology

working through

world view

x x and y chromosomes

xenophobia

Y Yerkes-Dodson law

Young-Helmholtz theory

Z Zeigarnik effect

Zeitgeist

Zollner illusion

zero-sum game

zoomorphism

zoophobia

zygote

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