Glossary / Lexicon
Punitiveness
Punitiveness refers to the belief that people should be harshly punished for their mistakes or shortcomings.
Related Articles | |
| Intrinsic punishment at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Intrinsic punishment is punishment that is an inherent aspect of the behavior being punished. Intrinsic . . . Read More | |
| Attitude at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Attitude a key concept of social psychology refers to a favorable or unfavorable evaluative reaction . . . Read More | |
| Cognitive dissonance at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Cognitive dissonance refers to tension that arises when one is simultaneously aware of two inconsistent . . . Read More | |
| Egoism at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Egoism refers to excessive interest in one's selfbelief that one should be interested in one's self rather . . . Read More | |
| Implicit personality theory at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Implicit personality theorya type of schema people use to group various kinds of personality traits togetherfor . . . Read More | |
| A-B-C Model at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
A-B-C Model or theory of behavior of Albert Ellis asserts that self-defeating and maladaptive behaviors . . . Read More | |
| False consensus effect at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
False consensus effect refers to man's incorrect belief that others agree with him. It is the tendency . . . Read More | |
| Central route to persuasion at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Central route to persuasion refers to one of two types of cognitive processes by which persuasion occurs. . . . Read More | |
| Stress at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Stress refers to the negative feelings and beliefs that occur whenever people feel they cannot cope with . . . Read More | |
| Target-based expectancy at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
A Target-based expectancy refers to expectation about a person based on his or her past actions, such . . . Read More | |