Difference between revisions of "psychology"

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Sections

I am hereby sorting Psychology into two major areas (there may be others):

Introspective Psychology is concerned with introspection as an analytical tool, with thoughts and ideas, and with the nature of the mind
Behavioral Psychology studies external behavior rather than inner mental states, and often involves detailed statistical analysis; the mind as machine

Conditions

Autism

Related Areas

Parenting

Reference

Psychology: Wikipedia

News

2006-02-16 'Sleeping on it' best for complex decisions
2006-02-15 How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing
2006-01-18 chimpanzees lack altruism
2005-02-09 Smart People Choke Under Pressure

Notes

Tests and scales for evaluating psychological traits:

Tellegen Absorption Scale - "correlates aspects of spirituality and altered states of consciousness" - see [1].
Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire - "a measure of the need for social contact and openness to communication" - seems to be used a lot, but I can't find the actual questionnaire
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
see also Wikipedia:Category:Psychological tests

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 ==News==
 * '''2006-02-16''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8732 'Sleeping on it' best for complex decisions]
+* '''2006-02-15''' [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/dumc-he021506.php How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing]
 * '''2006-01-18''' [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/m-iso011806.php chimpanzees lack altruism]
 * '''2005-02-09''' [http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050209_under_pressure.html Smart People Choke Under Pressure]