| Medical intuitive A Medical Intuitive is an alternative medicine practitioner who uses their intuition to attempt to find the cause of a physical or emotional condition. Making a formal medical diagnosis is not in the scope of practice for many Medical Intuitives, but some medical intuitives are also M.D.s. Medical_intuitive
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| Premenstrual dysphoric disorder Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a dramatic form of Premenstrual syndrome, afflicting 3% to 8% of women. It is a mental disorder associated with the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Premenstrual_dysphoric_disorder
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| Transman A trans man or trans guy (often referred to as FTM) is short for transsexual or transgender man - a person who was naturally born or physically assigned as female at birth, but who feels that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and consequently identifies as a male. Transman
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| Glass ceiling glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination, most commonly sexism or racism, but since the term was coined, "glass ceiling" has also come to describe the limited advancement of the deaf, blind, disabled, aged and sexual minorities.It is an unofficial, invisible barrier that prevents women and minorities from advancing in businesses. Glass_ceiling
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| IQ and the Wealth of Nations IQ and the Wealth of Nations is a controversial 2002 book by Dr. Richard Lynn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, and Dr. Tatu Vanhanen, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland. IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_Nations
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| Neil Goldschmidt Talk:Neil_Goldschmidt
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| Rind et al. controversy Rind et al. controversy was a unique historical debate in scientific literature, public media, and the US government, regarding a 1998 paper on child sexual abuse published in the American Psychological Association's journal Psychological Bulletin. Titled "A meta-analytic examination of assumed properties of child sexual abuse (CSA) using college samples," the paper was written by researchers Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch and Robert Bauserman, following a related 1997 meta-analysis by Rind and Tromovitch in the Journal of Sex Research, published by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.The debate resulted in the unprecedented condemnation of the paper by the United States House of Representatives. Rind_et_al._controversy
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| Conjunction fallacy conjunction fallacy is a logical fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that specific conditions are more probable than a single general one.The most oft-cited example of this fallacy originated with Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman:Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations. Conjunction_fallacy
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| Elizabeth Loftus Elizabeth F. Loftus (born October 16, 1944) is an American psychologist and expert on human memory. She has conducted extensive research on the misinformation effect and the nature of false memories. Loftus has been recognized throughout the world for her work, receiving numerous awards and honorary degrees. In 2002, Loftus was 58th in a list of the 100 most influential researchers in psychology in the 20th century, and the highest ranked woman on the list. Elizabeth_Loftus
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| Richard A. Cohen Talk:Richard_A._Cohen
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| Fear of flying A fear of flying is a fear of being on a plane while in flight. It is also sometimes referred to as aerophobia, aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromechanophobia. Fear_of_flying
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| Richard A. Cohen Richard Cohen (born 1952) is a writer and conversion therapist Richard_A._Cohen
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| Trust (social sciences) Trust is a relationship of reliance. A trusted party is presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.Trust does not need to involve belief in the good character, vices, or morals of the other party. Persons engaged in a criminal activity usually trust each other to some extent. Trust_(social_sciences)
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| Sales Talk:Sales
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| Legal psychology Legal psychology involves empirical, psychological research of the law, legal institutions, and people who come into contact with the law. Legal psychologists typically take basic social and cognitive theories and principles and apply them to issues in the legal system such as eyewitness memory, jury decision-making, investigations, and interviewing. Legal_psychology
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| Drug Abuse Resistance Education Drug Abuse Resistance Education, better known as D.A.R.E. or DARE, is an international education program that seeks to prevent use of illegal drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. D.A.R.E., which has expanded globally since its founding in 1983, is a demand-side drug control strategy of the U.S. Drug_Abuse_Resistance_Education
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| Attachment theory Attachment theory, originating in the work of psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, is a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory that provides a descriptive and explanatory framework for understanding interpersonal relationships between human beings. Attachment theorists consider children to have a need for a secure relationship with adult caregivers, without which normal social and emotional development will not occur. Attachment_theory
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| Lake Wobegon effect The Lake Wobegon effect designates eitherabove average effect or the better-than-average effect); or the finding that in many educational tests a vast majority of participants achieve results above the norm.It is named for the fictional town of Lake Wobegon from the radio series A Prairie Home Companion, where, according to the presenter, Garrison Keillor, "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." Lake_Wobegon_effect
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| William Shockley Talk:William_Shockley
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| Lust murder Talk:Lust_murder
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| PsycINFO PsycINFO is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology. It is produced by the American Psychological Association and distributed on the association's APA PsycNET and through third-party vendors. It is the electronic version of the now-ceased Psychological Abstracts. In 2000 it absorbed PsycLIT which had been published on CD-ROM.It contains citations and summaries from the 1800s to the present of journal articles book chapters books technical reports dissertations PsycINFO
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| Criticism of Prem Rawat/Archive 7 Talk:Criticism_of_Prem_Rawat/Archive_7
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| Votes for deletion/Teliophilia Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Teliophilia
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| Chief Illiniwek Chief Illiniwek was the mascot and official symbol of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign associated with the University's intercollegiate athletic programs from 1926 to February 212007. The mascot was generally portrayed by a white student dressed in Sioux regalia and intended to honor the Illiniwek, the state's namesake. The student portraying Chief Illiniwek performed during halftime of Illinois football and basketball games, as well as during women's volleyball matches. Chief_Illiniwek
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| Stroop effect Green Red BluePurple Blue PurpleBlue Purple RedGreen Purple Green In psychology, the Stroop effect is a demonstration of the reaction time of a task. When a word such as blue, green, red, etc. is printed in a color differing from the color expressed by the word's semantic value (e.g. the word "red" printed in blue Stroop_effect
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| The Seven Sins of Memory The Seven Sins of Memory is a book (ISBN 0-618-21919-6) by Daniel Schacter, former chair of Harvard University's Psychology Department and a leading memory researcher.The book revolves around the theory that "the seven sins of memory" are similar to the Seven deadly sins, and that if you try to avoid committing these sins, it will help to improve your ability to remember. The_Seven_Sins_of_Memory
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| Behavioural genetics Behavioural genetics is the field of biology that studies the role of genetics in animal (including human) behaviour. The field is an overlap of genetics, ethology and psychology. Classically, behavioural geneticists have studied the inheritance of behavioural traits. Behavioural_genetics
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| Triangular theory of love The triangular theory of love is a theory of love developed by psychologist Robert Sternberg. The theory characterizes love within the context of interpersonal relationships by three different components Intimacy – Which encompasses feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness. Triangular_theory_of_love
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| Love styles Love styles are models of how people love, originally developed by John Lee (1973, 1988). Eros – a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love Ludus – a love that is played as a game or sport; conquest Storge – an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship, based on similarity Pragma – love that is driven by the head, not the heart; undemonstrative Mania – highly volatile love; obsession; fueled by low self-esteem Agape – selfless altruistic love; spiritual; motherly love Love_styles
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| Child sexual abuse/Archive 2 Talk:Child_sexual_abuse/Archive_2
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| Subconscious The term subconscious is used in many different contexts and has no single or precise definition. This greatly limits its significance as a meaning-bearing concept, and in consequence the word tends to be avoided in academic and scientific settings.In everyday speech and popular writing, however, the term is very commonly encountered. Subconscious
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| List of important publications in psychology List_of_important_publications_in_psychology
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| Psychological Review Psychological Review is a scientific journal that publishes articles on psychological theory. It was founded by Princeton psychologist James Mark Baldwin and Columbia psychologist James McKeen Cattell in 1894 as a publication vehicle for psychologists not connected with the Clark laboratory of G. Psychological_Review
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| Block design test Block design is a subtest on many intelligence tests that measures visuospatial and motor skills. The testee is required to take blocks that have all white sides, all red sides, and red and white sides and arrange them according to a pattern. They are timed on this task and compared to a normative sample. Block_design_test
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| Redskin (slang) "Redskin" is a racial descriptor for Native Americans and one of the color metaphors for race used in North America and Europe since European colonization of America. Redskin_(slang)
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| Fred Newman (philosopher) Talk:Fred_Newman_(philosopher)
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| Homosexuality/Archive 2 Talk:Homosexuality/Archive_2
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| Big Five personality traits In psychology, the "Big Five" personality traits are five broad factors or dimensions of personality developed through lexical analysis. This is the rational and statistical analysis of words related to personality as found in natural-language dictionaries. Big_Five_personality_traits
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| Parental alienation Talk:Parental_alienation
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| Sex and intelligence Sex and intelligence research investigates differences in the distributions of cognitive skills between men and women. This research employs experimental tests of cognitive ability, which take a variety of forms. Research focuses on differences in individual skills as well as overall differences in general cognitive ability, which is often called g. IQ tests, specially designed to measure cognitive ability, usually test a variety of skills, and IQ scores are often used as a measure of g. Sex_and_intelligence
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| Race and intelligence/Archive 4 Talk:Race_and_intelligence/Archive_4
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| Articles for deletion/Log/2004 December 31 Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2004_December_31
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| Votes for deletion/Video game dreams Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Video_game_dreams
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| Widener University Widener_University
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| Drew Westen Talk:Drew_Westen
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| January 2005 in science January 2005 ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → January_2005_in_science
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| Supertaster supertaster is a person who experiences the sense of taste with far greater intensity than average. Women are more likely to be supertasters, as are Asians and Africans. Among individuals of European descent, it is estimated that about 25% of the population are supertasters. Supertaster
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| Race/Archive 15 Talk:Race/Archive_15
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