In essence, psychology is a dynamic field that defies a rigid definition. Its nature encompasses the comprehensive exploration of the mind, behavior, emotions, and cognition. While the APA’s concise description serves as a starting point, the multifaceted aspects of psychology’s subfields and appl...
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"A great deal of psychological functioning is predicated on belong- ing to the group and enjoying the benefits, both direct and indirect, of that belonging- ness" (Benson, 2002, p. 25).When this sense of belongingness is removed or restricted, a feeling of isolation and social exclusion ...
It is hard to think of any significant aspect of our lives that is not influenced by what we have learned in the past. Of fundamental importance is our ability to learn the ways in which events are related to one another, called associat... ...
Understanding individual differences in each of these phenomena, not only in isolation but also in how they interact, will further strengthen the external validity of the fear conditioning model as a tool with which to study maladaptive fear as it manifests in clinical anxiety. This is a preview...
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Gestalt psychology, school of psychology founded in the 20th century that provided the foundation for the modern study of perception. Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole of anything is greater than its parts. That is, the attributes of the whole are
Loneliness is a subjective and self-conscious feeling pertaining to the experience of isolation and alienation from others or society rather than an objective state. According to Robert Weiss, loneliness has two main aspects, namely, emotional loneliness and social loneliness. When individuals lack inti...
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Determining how environments shape how people learn is central to understanding individual differences in goal-directed behaviour. Studies of the effects of early-life adversity on reward learning have revealed that the environments that infants and chil