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
Local Articles
- autism
- hyperacusis is "an inability to tolerate everyday sounds"
Wikipedia links
- Asperger syndrome
- gender identity disorder (a.k.a. gender dysphoria)
- Tourette syndrome
Related Areas
Reference
- Psychology: Wikipedia
News
- 2007-02-12 The mind, as it evolves "Depression as a survival tool?": on the emerging field of evolutionary psychology
- 2006-09-01 A Nation of Neurotics? Blame the Puppet Masters? by Carl Zimmer
- 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
- online tests: