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Theory of Personality The theory of Personality represents a collection of general principles to explain facts and empirical findings related to personality. Theses theories are […]

Personality Measurement Personality Measurement refers to the psychologist’s method to examine an individual’s personality includes; case study, interviews, naturalistic observations, laboratory investigations, and psychological test. […]

Human Personality The word personality is derived from the Latin word ‘persona’ which means the mask of music and dance which eventually became a personality. […]

Stress Stress is the non-specific response of the body to any demand or unexpected event in the environment that requires an adjustment. Quick and Quick, […]

Emotion In psychology, emotion is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior. […]

Theories of Motivation There are several distinct theories of motivation we will discuss in this section. Some include basic biological forces, while others seem to […]

Motivation: Motivation refers to the forces within a person that attracts and affects his desire to the destination, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior. It […]

Introduction to Thinking: Introduction to Thinking is the bridge between the environment and long term memory. Thinking is a cognitive rearrangement of both information from […]

Introduction to Intelligence “It’s not how smart you are, it’s how you are smart”. Introduction to Intelligence is the ability to learn about, learn from […]

Introduction to Memory: The process by which we encode, store, and retrieve information. Encoding—- Storage—–Retrieval is all about Introduction to Memory. The Information Processing Model […]

Cognitive Learning: Cognitive learning focuses on the role of perception and understanding play in a more complex form of learning. The psychological result of perception […]

Operant Conditioning By the 1920s, the most important B.F. Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning got spread and  J.B. Watson had left academic psychology and proposing […]

Learning and Theories of Learning Theories of Learning are an organized set of principles explaining how individuals acquire, retain, and recall knowledge. They are categorized […]

Introduction to Learning: Learning is a continuous process and encompasses much more than what we do in school. It is a key process in human […]

Social Influence Social Influence is the change in behavior that one person causes in another intentionally or unintentionally as a result of the way, the […]

Social Behavior: Social Behavior focuses on how an individual responds to their environment. While living together or people share or gain experiences and attempts to […]

Social Cognition: Cognition is a mental process in which the information is obtained, transformed, stored, retrieved and used. Social Cognition refers to the way in […]

Introduction to Illusions and Delusion: Illusions  Perceptual illusions are a false perception. They are the misinterpretations or interpretations of stimuli that do not correspond to […]

Perceptual Constancy and Motion Perception: Perceptual Constancy and Motion Perception are the sub-headings of the Perceptual Organization. Perceptual constancy, also called object constancy, or constancy […]