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  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
• Memory
  Educational Psychology
  Neuroscience
  Perception
  Child Development
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  Mnemonic

  A mnemonic is a memory aid. Mnemonics are often verbal, something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something. Mnemonics rely not only on repetition to ... > more
• Evolution
  Psychology
  Charles Darwin
  Social Psychology
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  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
• Anxiety
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Racial Issues
  Sports Medicine
  Animals
   

  Fear

  Fear is an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, whether it be real or imagined. Fear also can be described as a feeling of extreme dislike towards certain conditions, objects or situations ... > more
• Anxiety
  Behavior
  Psychiatry
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Mental Health
  Depression
   

  Phobia

  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 ... > more
• Child Development
  Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Language Acquisition
  Sleep Disorders
   
  

  Kohlberg's stages of moral development

  Kohlberg's stages of moral development were conceived by Lawrence Kohlberg to explain the development of moral reasoning. This theory holds that moral reasoning, which is the basis for ethical ... > more
• Anger Management
  Social Psychology
  Psychology
  Relationships
  Educational Psychology
  Borderline Personality Disorder
   

  Self-esteem

  In psychology, self-esteem or self-worth includes a person's subjective appraisal of himself or herself as intrinsically positive or negative to some degree (Sedikides & Gregg, 2003).Self-esteem ... > more
• Genetics
  Genes
  Cell Biology
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  Genetic code

  The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded in genetic material (DNA or RNA sequences) is translated into proteins (amino acid sequences) by living cells. Specifically, the code ... > more
• Virtual Reality
  Video Games
  Computer Modeling
  Consumer Behavior
  Computer Programming
  Communications
   
  

  Virtual reality

  Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, be it a real or imagined one. Most current virtual reality environments are primarily ... > more
• Intelligence
  Child Development
  Child Psychology
  Psychology
  Language Acquisition
  Behavior
   
  

  Theory of cognitive development

  Although there is no general theory of cognitive development, the most historically influential theory was developed by Jean Piaget, a Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980). His theory provided many central ... > more

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