The feeling that a person has as a result of real or imagined deficiency.
A proposition which emphasizes upon the use of techniques not open to verification by another observer.
Three meanings- (i) A school of psychology founded by Sigmund Freud (ii) a method of psychotherapy and (iii) a theory of personality.
A box invented originally by Thorndike and which prevents an organism from reaching a goal until a certain kind of behaviour is done.
The view that the complex phenomena should be under-stood through its reduction or analysis into simpler components.
A school of psychology enunciated by Bekhterev and which holds that reflexes and combination of reflexes are the major basis of all human behaviour.
A response which is elicited by a specific stimulus.
A proposition which states that mind at birth is blank and later,experience writes something on it.
Refers to that portion of mind which consists of activities with which the person is not aware.
The smallest amount of a stimulus that can be detected 50 percent of the time.
In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development modification of existing mental framework for explaining any new information.
A system of psychology developed by Brentano and emphasizes upon mental processes rather than contents of consciousness.
In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development building mental representation of the situation by making interaction with it.
A unit of behaviour emphasized by Harvey Carr which involves three phases (1) a stimulus (ii) a sensory situation and (iii) a response that alters the situation to satisfy the...
The lingering sensation commonly reported in visual stimulation after removal of stimulation.
A principle which dictates that a neuron responds completely or not at all.
A period in Freud’s theory of psychosexual development that mainly emphasizes upon interest or pleasure in anal region.
Carl Jung’s system of psychoanalysis, a system which came into being after formal separation of Jung from Freud.
A method that depends upon the use of casually observed events as scientific data.
According to Jung, the archetype representing feminine side of male.
An animal is a living organism that feeds on organic matter, has specialised sense organs and a nervous system, and can respond quickly to stimuli.
In Jung’s theory the archetype representing the masculine side of females.
A clear and vivid perception of things, events or situation. Approach-approach conflict: In Lewin’s theory a conflict that occurs when the person tries to reach two goals, only one of...
In Lewin’s theory a conflict that occurs when the same goal has both positive and negative valance for the person.
According to Jung inherited images in collective unconscious that determine our perception of the environment.