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• Evolution
  Psychology
  Charles Darwin
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Child Psychology
   
  

  Evolutionary psychology

  Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, ... > more
• Autism
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Child Development
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
   

  Autistic spectrum

  The autistic spectrum (sometimes referred to as the autism spectrum) is a developmental and behavioral syndrome that results from certain combinations of characteristically autistic traits. Although ... > more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Child Psychology
  Intelligence
  Child Development
   
  

  Psychology

  Psychology is both an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychologists study such phenomena as perception, cognition, emotion, ... > more
• PTSD
  Anxiety
  Psychiatry
  Stress
  Mental Health
  Depression
   

  Psychological trauma

  Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event. A traumatic event involves a singular experience or enduring event or events that completely ... > more
• Memory
  Intelligence
  Dementia
  Spirituality
  Psychology
  Educational Psychology
   

  List of memory biases

  Memory biases may either enhance or impair the recall of memory, or they may alter the content of what we report remembering. There are many memory biases including the humor effect, positivity ... > more
• Autism
  Children's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Birth Defects
  Healthy Aging
  Down Syndrome
   

  Rett syndrome

  Rett syndrome (or Rett's disorder) is a progressive neurological disorder that is classified as a pervasive developmental disorder by the DSM-IV. The symptoms of this disorder are easily confused ... > more
• Alcoholism
  Addiction
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Birth Defects
   
  

  Alcoholism

  Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholic's normal personal, family, social, or work life. The chronic ... > more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Perception
  Intelligence
  Consumer Behavior
   

  Attribution theory

  Attribution theory is a field of social psychology, which was born out of the theoritical models of Fritz Heider, Harold Kelley, Edward E. Jones, and Lee Ross. Attribution theory is concerned with ... > more
• Psychology
  Behavior
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Child Psychology
  Psychiatry
   
  

  Cognitive dissonance

  Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term describing the uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time, or from engaging in behavior that conflicts ... > more
• Eating Disorder Research
  Eating Disorders
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Mental Health Research
  Healthy Aging
   

  Anorexia nervosa

  Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by voluntary starvation and exercise stress. Anorexia nervosa is a complex disease, involving psychological, sociological and physiological ... > more

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