Psychology
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The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals. |
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SPEC: IM, SPEC qualif; prefer /psychol: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.59; NIM for "psychological aspects of" terms not in Cat C, E1-6 & F3: no qualif; as NIM: Manual 27.10 DF: PSYCHOL |
| Also Called: |
Psychological Factors,Psychologists,Psychosocial Factors,Side Effects, Psychological |
Psychology Categories.
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Adolescent Psychology - Field of psychology concerned with the normal and abnormal behavior of adolescents. It includes mental processes as well as observable responses. |
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Child Psychology - The study of normal and abnormal behavior of children. |
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Cognitive Science - The study of the precise nature of different mental tasks and the operations of the brain that enable them to be performed, engaging branches of psychology, computer science, philosophy, and linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) |
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Ethnopsychology - Comparative psychology of races and peoples. |
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Psychology, Clinical - The branch of psychology concerned with psychological methods of recognizing and treating behavior disorders. |
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Psychology, Comparative - The branch of psychology concerned with similarities or differences in the behavior of different animal species or of different races or peoples. |
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Psychology, Experimental - The branch of psychology which seeks to learn more about the fundamental causes of behavior by studying various psychologic phenomena in controlled experimental situations. |
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Psychology, Medical - A branch of psychology in which there is collaboration between psychologists and physicians in the management of medical problems. It differs from clinical psychology, which is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of behavior disorders. |
Psychology Definitions and Terms
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