Educational Psychology Articles

• Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Psychiatry
  Accident and Trauma
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Educational Psychology
   
  

  Pyromania

  Pyromania is an obsession with fire and starting fires, in an intentional fashion, usually on multiple occasions. It should be contrasted with other acts of arson. To qualify as true pyromania, the ... > more
• Memory
  Dementia
  Intelligence
  Educational Psychology
  Neuroscience
  Psychology
   
  

  Memory

  Memory is the ability of the brain to store, retain, and subsequently recall information. Although traditional studies of memory began in the realms of philosophy, the late nineteenth and early ... > more
• Psychology
  Behavior
  Social Psychology
  Child Psychology
  Intelligence
  Mental Health
   
  

  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 ... > more
• Anger Management
  Educational Psychology
  Child Psychology
  Child Development
  Social Psychology
  Psychology
   
  

  Bullying

  In colloquial speech, bullying is most often used to describe a form of harassment perpetrated by someone who is in some way more powerful, physically or socially, than a weaker peer. Researchers ... > more
• Behavior
  Educational Psychology
  Intelligence
  Sleep Disorders
  Psychology
  Language Acquisition
   

  Problem solving

  Problem solving forms part of thinking. It occurs if an organism or an artificial intelligence system does not know how to proceed from a given state to a desired goal state. It is part of the larger ... > more
• Consumer Behavior
  Video Games
  Mathematical Modeling
  Educational Psychology
  Behavior
  Artificial Intelligence
   

  Experimental economics

  Experimental economics is the use of experimental methods to evaluate theoretical predictions of economic behaviour. It uses controlled, scientifically-designed experiments to test economic theories ... > more
• Autism
  Child Development
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Children's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Autism

  Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although ... > more
• Psychology
  Children's Health
  Social Psychology
  Child Psychology
  Child Development
  Behavior
   
  

  Developmental psychology

  Developmental psychology is the scientific study of progressive psychological changes that occur in human beings as they age. Originally concerned with infants and children, and later other periods ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Psychology Research
  Intelligence
  Language Acquisition
  Memory
   
  

  Amygdala

  The amygdala (Latin, corpus amygdaloideum) is an almond-shape set of neurons located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe. Shown to play a key role in the processsing of emotions, the amygdala ... > more
• Educational Psychology
  Child Development
  Language Acquisition
  Intelligence
  Smoking Addiction
  Perception
   
  

  Left-handed

  A person who is left-handed primarily uses his or her left hand, more so than the right hand; a left-hander will probably use the left hand for tasks such as personal care, cooking, and so on. ... > more
• Intelligence
  Language Acquisition
  Neuroscience
  Psychology
  Perception
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Thought

  Thought or thinking is a mental process which allows beings to model the world, and so to deal with it effectively according to their goals, plans, ends and desires. Thinking involves manipulation ... > more
• Language Acquisition
  Apes
  Child Development
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Behavioral Science
   

  Great Ape language

  Research into non-human Great Ape language has generated a great deal of evidence suggesting that apes are capable of using sophisticated communication with humans and other apes. Gorillas and ... > more

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