Psychology RootsCentration In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the second stage is called Preoperational Thought. During this stage, which occurs from age 4-7, …
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Central Nervous System (CNS) CNS is a term that describes the brain and the spinal cord. This is a term you are …
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Cell Assembly In 1949, Donald O. Hebb coined this term. It refers to a group of cortical neurons that function to sustain …
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Cause and Effect Cause and effect is the panacea for researchers. It is a term youʼve likely heard many times already, or …
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Causation You are probably familiar with this word as it relates to ʻcause and effect…which is a very important phrase in psychology …
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Cathexis The term cathexis refers to an investment of mental or emotional energy put into a person, object, or idea. For example, …
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Catharsis Catharsis is a psychodynamic principle that, in its most basic sense, is simply an emotional release. Further, the catharsis hypothesis maintains …
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Catatonic Schizophrenia People with this type of schizophrenia exhibit unusual motor behaviors, and act in bizarre ways. There are two type of …
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CAT Scan A CAT Scan is “Computerized Axial Tomography” (also known as a CT Scan), which is a process of using computers …
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Case Study A case study is one type of observational data collection technique in which one individual is studied in-depth in order …