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Deutsch: Erklärungsstil / Español: Estilo explicativo / Português: Estilo explicativo / Français: Style explicatif / Italiano: Stile esplicativo /
Explanatory style refers to how people explain the events of their lives. There are three facets of how people can explain a situation that can lean toward optimism or pessimism:
In the psychology context, an explicit attitude refers to the attitudes and beliefs that individuals are consciously aware of and can report or express directly. These attitudes are deliberative, can be verbally communicated, and are often based on personal experience and knowledge. Explicit attitudes are subject to self-monitoring and social desirability, meaning that individuals might sometimes alter the expression of these attitudes to align with social norms or expectations.
Deutsch: Explizite Einstellungen / Español: Actitudes Explícitas / Português: Atitudes Explícitas / Français: Attitudes Explicites / Italiano: Atteggiamenti Espliciti /
Explicit attitudes is defined as the consciously accessible attitudes that can be misrepresented by self-report; evaluations that people can report consciously controlled and conscious evaluative responses.
Explicit memory refers to the deliberate recall of information that one recognizes as a memory, detectable by direct testing such as asking a person to describe a past event.
Deutsch: Ausbeutung / Español: Explotación / Português: Exploração / Français: Exploitation / Italiano: Sfruttamento
Exploitation in psychology refers to the unethical or manipulative use of another person’s vulnerabilities, resources, or abilities for one’s own benefit, often at the expense of the exploited individual. This behaviour can occur in interpersonal relationships, social systems, or organisational contexts, where power imbalances enable one party to take advantage of another, leading to emotional, psychological, or financial harm.