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Although Sigmund Freud was once one of the most recognizable faces of psychology, this scientific discipline has developed significantly since the time of his predominance. Psychology has become an increasingly integrative science at the hub of diverse other disciplines, from biology and neurology to sociology, anthropology, and economics. At the same time, old sub-disciplinary boundaries within pyschology itself are now crossed more freely; interdisciplinary teams may work on a common problem using methods that draw on multiple levels of analysis, whether social, cognitive, or biological.
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In 1769 a Hungarian civil servant named Wolfgang von Kempelen went to a magic show in Vienna. It wasn’t just any......
W. I. Thomas was an American sociologist and social psychologist whose fields of study included cultural change......
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist whose work on animal behaviour and the learning process led to......
Thorndike’s law of effect, in animal behaviour and conditioning, the postulate developed by American psychologist......
Thoth, in Egyptian religion, a god of the moon, of reckoning, of learning, and of writing. He was held to be the......
thought, covert symbolic responses to stimuli that are either intrinsic (arising from within) or extrinsic (arising......
L. L. Thurstone was an American psychologist who was instrumental in the development of psychometrics, the science......
time management, self-management with an explicit focus on time in deciding what to do; on how much time to allocate......
time perception, experience or awareness of the passage of time. The human experience of change is complex. One......
Nikolaas Tinbergen was a Dutch-born British zoologist and ethologist (specialist in animal behaviour) who, with......
Edward B. Titchener was an English-born psychologist and a major figure in the establishment of experimental psychology......
toleration, a refusal to impose punitive sanctions for dissent from prevailing norms or policies or a deliberate......
Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist who developed a system of psychology known as purposive, or molar,......
transfer of training, influence the learning of one skill has on the learning or performance of another. Will knowledge......
transgender, term self-applied by persons whose gender identity varies from that traditionally associated with......
transsexuality, variant of gender identity in which the affected person believes that he or she should belong to......
transvestism, practice of wearing the clothes of the opposite sex. The term transvestism came into use following......
Donald Triplett was an American male who was the first person diagnosed with autism. Triplett was the eldest son......
unconscious, the complex of mental activities within an individual that proceed without his awareness. Sigmund......
violence, an act of physical force that causes or is intended to cause harm. The damage inflicted by violence may......
voyeurism, human sexual behaviour involving achievement of sexual arousal through viewing the sexual activities......
L. S. Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist. He studied linguistics and philosophy at the University of Moscow before......
Julius Wagner-Jauregg was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist whose treatment of syphilitic meningoencephalitis,......
Anthony F.C. Wallace was a Canadian-born American psychological anthropologist and historian known for his analysis......
Graham Wallas was a British educator, public official, and political scientist known for his contributions to the......
Wang Bi was one of the most brilliant and precocious Chinese philosophers of his day. By the time of Wang’s death......
James Ward was a philosopher and psychologist who exerted a major influence on the development of psychology in......
Margaret Floy Washburn was an American psychologist whose work at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie made it a leading......
John B. Watson was an American psychologist who codified and publicized behaviourism, an approach to psychology......
Weber’s law, historically important psychological law quantifying the perception of change in a given stimulus.......
David Wechsler was an American psychologist and inventor of several widely used intelligence tests for adults and......
George Weinberg was an American psychotherapist who coined the term homophobia to describe the extreme aversion......
Max Wertheimer was a Czech-born psychologist, one of the founders, along with Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler,......
While it is commonly thought that mirages result from people’s imagination, the phenomenon is actually caused by......
Albert Einstein, touted as one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century, died April 18, 1955, as a result of......
In 2002, Americans were rocked by a news investigation that exposed widespread sexual abuse of children in one......
“Gaslighting” is an elaborate and insidious technique of deception and psychological manipulation, usually practiced......
News literacy is the ability to determine the credibility of news and other information using the standards of......
In August of 1971, Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo of Stanford University in California conducted what is widely considered......
Unfortunately, Albert Einstein’s IQ is unknown. There is no evidence that he ever took an IQ test. However, that......
Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy catapulted to national prominence in the United States after his claim in February......
While we seem to know a lot about alcoholic beverages and their consumption, scientific research on hangovers is......
Finland is often cited as the happiest country in the world because it has topped the World Happiness Report for......
The Mandela effect is named after former South African president Nelson Mandela due to a widespread but false memory......
Ulrich Wille was a Swiss military leader and commander in chief of the Swiss Army during World War I who made major......
Robert S. Woodworth was an American psychologist who conducted major research on learning and developed a system......
Wilhelm Wundt was a German physiologist and psychologist who is generally acknowledged as the founder of experimental......
Robert M. Yerkes was an American psychologist and a principal developer of comparative (animal) psychology in the......
zoophilia, sexual attraction of a human toward a nonhuman animal, which may involve the experience of sexual fantasies......