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cognitive psychology
(Encyclopedia)cognitive psychology, school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. It had its foundations in the Gestalt psychology of Max Wertheimer, Wo...psychology
(Encyclopedia)psychology, science or study of the thought processes and behavior of humans and other animals in their interaction with the environment. Psychologists study processes of sense perception, thinking, l...engineering psychology
(Encyclopedia)engineering psychology: see ergonomics. ...Cognitive Behavior Therapy (C.B.T.)
(Encyclopedia) Cognitive Behavior Therapy (C.B.T.): see Beck, Aaron Temkin. ...sublimation, in psychology
(Encyclopedia)sublimation, in psychology: see defense mechanism; psychoanalysis. ...will, in philosophy and psychology
(Encyclopedia)will, in philosophy and psychology, term used to describe that which is alleged to stimulate the motivation of purposeful activity. It is characteristic of the will that it can be observed only in one...memory, in psychology
(Encyclopedia)memory, in psychology, the storing of learned information, and the ability to recall that which has been stored. It has been hypothesized that three processes occur in remembering: perception and regi...Tolman, Edward Chace
(Encyclopedia)Tolman, Edward Chace, 1886–1959, American psychologist, b. West Newton, Mass., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1911; Ph. D. Harvard, 1915. He spent most of his academic career at the Un...Luria, Alexander Romanovich
(Encyclopedia)Luria, Alexander Romanovich ŭlˌyĭksänˈdər rōmänˈəvyĭchˌ lo͝orˈēä [key], 1902–77, Soviet psychologist. Luria made advances in many areas, including cognitive psychology, the processes...Vygotsky, Lev Semyonovich
(Encyclopedia)Vygotsky, Lev Semyonovich, 1896–1934, Russian psychologist. His most productive years were at the Institute of Psychology in Moscow (1924–34), where he expanded his ideas on cognitive development,...Browse by Subject
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