Psychology

Articles about mind, behavior, mental processes and psychology.

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Displacement (psychology)

Displacement (psychology): the unconscious redirection of emotion

Dissociative

Dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Dopamine

Dopamine: roles, synthesis, clinical importance, and behavioral effects

DSM IV

Dysthymia

Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive Disorder): Overview, Symptoms, Treatment

Dystonia

Dystonia: causes, types, diagnosis and treatment

Eccentricity

Eccentricity (human behavior)

Ecstasy (emotion)

Ecstasy (emotion)

A heightened positive emotional state marked by intense joy, loss of self-boundaries and an altered state of consciousness; found in religious, aesthetic and peak-life moments.

Educational psychology

Educational psychology: study of learning, development, and teaching

Egocentrism

Emetophobia

Emetophobia: the fear of vomiting — symptoms, causes, and treatments

Emotion

Emotion

Emotion: definition, components, biology, and functions

A concise encyclopedia overview of emotion: what emotions are, their main components, biological bases, adaptive roles, and relations to mood and personality.

Emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence: definition, models, uses, and controversies

Empathy

Empathy: understanding and sharing others' feelings

Emptiness

Emptiness (emotional state): definition, causes, and cultural perspectives

Ephebophilia

Ephebophilia: definition, distinctions, and clinical context

Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

Erotomania

Erotomania (de Clerambault’s syndrome)

Euphoria

Evolutionary psychology

Evolutionary psychology

Executive functions

Exhibitionism

Extra-sensory perception

Extrasensory perception (ESP)

Extraversion and introversion

Extraversion and Introversion: A Personality Dimension

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Facepalm

False consensus

False consensus (cognitive bias — overestimating shared beliefs and behaviors)

False memory

False memory: causes, characteristics and real-world impact

Fatigue

Fear

Fear of the dark

Fear of the Dark (Nyctophobia, Scotophobia, Lygophobia)

Feeling

Female sexual arousal disorder

Female sexual arousal disorder: overview, causes, diagnosis, and management

Feminist therapy

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: causes, features, prevention and care

Fetishism

Flirting

Flow (psychology)

Flow (psychology): the optimal experience of deep engagement

Flynn effect

Flynn effect: Rising IQ scores, causes, and controversies

Folie à deux

Folie à deux (shared or induced delusional disorder)

Foot fetishism

Foot fetishism: overview, characteristics, history and social context

Forensic psychology

Forensic psychology: roles, methods, history, and legal applications

Four temperaments

Fragile X syndrome

Friendship

Frontotemporal dementia

Frustration