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A phobia is a strong,
persistent fear of
situations, objects,
activities, or persons. The
main symptom of this
disorder is the excessive,
unreasonable desire to avoid
the feared subject. Some
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Cognitive bias
A cognitive bias is any of a
wide range of observer
effects identified in
cognitive science and social
psychology including very
basic statistical, social
attribution, and memory
errors that are common to
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Neurosis
In modern psychology, the
term neurosis, also known as
psychoneurosis or neurotic
disorder, is a general term
that refers to any mental
imbalance that causes
distress, but does not
interfere with rational
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Psychologist
A psychologist is a
scientist who studies
psychology, the systematic
investigation of the human
behavior and mental
processes. Psychologists are
usually categorized under a
number of different fields,
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Psychotherapy
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Passive-aggressive behavior
Passive-aggressive behavior refers to passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations. Sometimes a method of dealing with stress ... > more -
List of cognitive biases
Cognitive bias is distortion in the way we perceive reality. Many of these biases are often studied for how they affect business and economic decisions and how they affect scientific and experimental ... > more -
Anger management
The term anger management commonly refers to a system of psychological therapeutic techniques and exercises by which one with excessive or uncontrollable anger can control or reduce the triggers, ... > more -
Illusion of control
Illusion of control is the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes that they demonstrably have no influence over. The predominant paradigm in research on ... > more -
Psychopathology
Psychopathology is a term which refers to either the study of mental illness or mental distress or the manifestation of behaviours and experiences which may be indicative of mental illness or ... > more -
Animal cognition
Animal cognition, or cognitive ethology, is the title given to a modern approach to the mental capacities of non human animals. It has developed out of comparative psychology, but has also been ... > more -
Seasonal affective disorder
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, also known as winter depression is an affective, or mood disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience ... > more -
Social cognition
Social cognition is the study of how people process social information, especially its encoding, storage, retrieval, and application to social situations. There has been much recent interest in the ... > more
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