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Psychological Pattern

Psychological Pattern refers to set of thoughts, feelings, emotions, values, and beliefs, which serve as reference points to describe the individual.

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Psychological perspective

Psychological perspective refers to the traditional view that behavior is shaped by psychological processes which occours at the level of the individual.

Psychological profiling

Psychological profiling is defined as the attempt to categorize, understand, and predict, the behavior of certain types of offenders based upon behavioral clues they provide.

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Psychological reactance

Psychological reactance is defined as an aversive psychological state that arises when people perceive that their freedom of choice is restricted. People respond to this state by reasserting their freedom, leading to an increased desire for the forbidden object.

Psychological Realism

Deutsch: Psychologischer Realismus / Español: Realismo Psicológico / Português: Realismo Psicológico / Français: Réalisme Psychologique / Italian: Realismo Psicologico

Psychological realism in the psychology context refers to a literary or artistic approach that emphasizes the accurate and in-depth portrayal of characters' thoughts, feelings, motivations, and psychological states. This approach aims to create characters and situations that feel authentic and true to life by exploring the complexities of the human mind and the subtle nuances of human behavior. Psychological realism is often used to describe works of fiction, literature, and film that focus on the internal experiences of characters, highlighting how these experiences influence their actions and interactions with the world.

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Psychological set

Psychological set is an individual’s knowledge, attitudes, expectations, and other thoughts about an object or event, such as a drug

Psychological situation

Psychological situation refers to a situation as it is perceived and interpreted by an individual, not as it exists objectively.

Psychological system

Psychological system refers to a system which includes those mental processes central to the person's ability to make meaning of experiences and take action. Emotion, memory and perception, problem solving, language, symbolic abilities, and orientation to the future all require the use of psychological processes. The psychological system provides the resources for processing information and navigating reality.

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