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There are 288 notes study material on AP (Advanced Placement) Psychology arranged below by topic-subtopic. Numbers in brackets number of titles on that topic/subtopic and effort as % of the total course. The green bars indicate the progress on a topic/subtopic (once you have marked the titles complete ).
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History, Approaches & Research Methods [19 Notes- 4.13% Effort]
Logic, Philosophy, & History of Science [1 Notes- 0.16% Effort]
Approaches & Perspectives [1 Notes- 0.4% Effort]
Experimental, Correlation, & Clinical Research [13 Notes- 2.51% Effort]
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- Fixed Versus Flexible Research and Fundamental Basic or Pure Research
- Applied Research and Pure vs. Applied Research
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- Quantitative Research and Qualitative Research
- Experimental Research
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- Non-Experimental Research and Experimental vs. Non-Experimental
- Casual or Explanatory Research, Confirmatory Versus Exploratory Research and Exploratory Research
- 4
- Descriptive Research
- Historical Research
- 5
- Diagnostic Research and Prognostic Research
- Evaluation Research
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- Action Research
- Ex-Post Facto or Causal-Comparative Research and Correlational Research
- 7
- Classifying a Research Type
Statistics, Research Methods & Ethics [4 Notes- 1.05% Effort]
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- Introduction: Inferential Statistics
- Application of Statistics in Psychology
- Inferential Statistics: Important Definitions
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- Measuring Association Among Attributes: Chi-Square
Biological Bases of Behavior [15 Notes- 4.11% Effort]
Functional Organization of Nervous System [3 Notes- 0.72% Effort]
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- Transmission of a Nerve Impulse: Resting and Action Potential
- Transmission of a Nerve Impulse: Important Points and Refractory Period
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- Transmission of a Nerve Impulse: Synaptic Transmission and Postsynaptic Potential
Neural Transmission [2 Notes- 0.28% Effort]
The Brain [5 Notes- 1.63% Effort]
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- Brain and Nervous System: Central Nervous System
- Brain and Nervous System: Important Brain Structures
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- Brain and Nervous System: Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) and Differences between PNS and CNS
- Brain and Nervous System: Embryonic Vertebrate Brain
- 3
- Brain and Nervous System: Brain Imaging Techniques
Genetics [5 Notes- 1.47% Effort]
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- Hereditary & Environment (Nature or Nurture Issue) : Nature vs. Nurture and the Nature Theory: Heredity
- Hereditary & Environment (Nature or Nurture Issue) : The Nurture Theory: Environment
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- Hereditary & Environment (Nature or Nurture Issue) : Nature vs. Nature Controversy
- Hereditary & Environment (Nature or Nurture Issue) : Fetal Development
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- Hereditary & Environment (Nature or Nurture Issue) : Primitive Reflex
Sensation & Perception [21 Notes- 8.28% Effort]
Thresholds [2 Notes- 0.24% Effort]
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- Sensation: Absolute Threshold and Recognition Threshold
- Sensation: Difference, Terminal Threshold and Sensory Adaptation
Sensory Mechanics [1 Notes- 0.44% Effort]
Sensory Adaptations [2 Notes- 0.91% Effort]
Attention [7 Notes- 3.23% Effort]
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- Attention: Concept & Definitions and Models
- Attention: Overt and Covert Attention and Characteristics of Attention
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- Attention: Effects and Classification of Attention
- Attention: Factors or Determinants of Attention and Shifting of Attention
- 3
- Attention: Span, Division and Sustained Attention
- Attention: Characteristics, Determinants & Failures
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- Attention Model
Perceptual Processes [9 Notes- 3.45% Effort]
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- Perception: Attention and Steps in Perception
- Perception: Characteristics of Perception
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- Perception: Barriers to Perceptual Accuracy
- Depth Perception: Visual Cliff Apparatus
- Depth Perception: Maintaining Perceptual Constancy
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- Classification of Perception
- Perception and Sensation
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- Dimension of Perception; Perceptual Processing and Perception of Form
- Perception of Depth, Space and Movement; Depth Perception and Perception of Motion
Developmental Psychology [13 Notes- 3.82% Effort]
Dimensions of Development [1 Notes- 0.04% Effort]
Nature, Nurture, & Human Diversity [12 Notes- 3.77% Effort]
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- Culture and Personality: Culture and Personality School
- Culture and Personality: Leading Figures
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- Culture and Personality: Principal Concepts
- Culture and Personality: Methodologies
- 3
- Socialization: Important Definitions and Functions of Socialization
- Socialization: Socialization Process and Stages of Socialization
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- Socialization: Aim of Socialization and Control of Socialization
- Socialization: Mechanism to Control Socialization and Techniques of Socialization
- 5
- Socialization: Forms of Socialization
- Socialization: Agencies of Socialization
- Socialization: Socialization Approaches and Theories of Socialization
- 6
- Culture and Personality
States of Consciousness [20 Notes- 2.85% Effort]
Sleep & Dreaming [4 Notes- 0.75% Effort]
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- Concept of Sleep: Important Concepts
- Concept of Sleep: Biological Basis of Sleep
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- Pattern of Sleep (Hypnogram)
- Sleep Disorders: Sleep Remedial Measures
Hypnosis [3 Notes- 0.24% Effort]
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- Hypnosis: Uses of Hypnosis and Dissociation
- Hypnosis: Self-Hypnosis and Autosuggestion and Uses of Self-Hypnosis
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- Hypnosis: Process of Self-Hypnosis
Psychoactive Drug Effect [13 Notes- 1.85% Effort]
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- Substance Use Disorder: Important Characteristics and Addictive Substances
- Substance Use Disorder: Dependence and Habituation, Tolerance and Stages of Substance Abuse
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- Substance Use Disorder: Management of Substance Abuse and Alcohol Related Disorder
- DSM Classification: DSM-I, II, III, IV and V Classification
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- Drugs: Substance and Dependence
- Drugs: Poly-Substance Abuse or Dependence and Substance Exposure
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- Drug Addiction: Categories of Drugs
- Some Common Drugs: Caffeine and Cannabis
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- Some Common Drugs: Cocaine and Alcohol
- Some Common Drugs: Amphetamines and Hallucinogens
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- Some Common Drugs: Inhalants, Nicotine and Opiates
- Some Common Drugs: Phencyclidine and Sedatives, Hypnotics and Anxiolytics
- 7
- Some Common Drugs: Anabolic Steroid
Learning [16 Notes- 6.17% Effort]
Classical Conditioning [7 Notes- 1.85% Effort]
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- Theories of Pavlovian Conditioning
- Classical Conditioning: Higher Order Conditioning
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- Classical Conditioning: Pseudo, Laws and Applications of Classical Conditioning
- Description of Classical Conditioning: Classical Conditioning- Elements of Classical Conditioning, Cognitive Perspective of Classical Conditioning, Some Basic Principles
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- Description of Classical Conditioning: Types of Conditioning, Why Classical Conditioning Works? , Therapies Based on Classical Conditioning
- Classical Conditioning
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- Classical Conditioning: Little Albert Experiment
Operant Conditioning [5 Notes- 1.42% Effort]
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- Theories of Operant or Instrumental Conditioning
- Operant Conditioning: Important Concepts
- 2
- Operant Conditioning: Skinner՚s Experiment
- Operant Conditioning: Significance of Operant Conditioning
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- Operant Conditioning
Cognitive Processes in Learning [1 Notes- 0.01% Effort]
Social or Observational Learning [3 Notes- 2.88% Effort]
Memory, Cognition, Thinking & Language [27 Notes- 9.44% Effort]
Memory [10 Notes- 4.47% Effort]
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- Definition & Basics of Memory
- Models of Memory: Important Points
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- Memory Process
- Amnesia: Causes of Amnesia
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- Amnesia: Types of Amnesia
- Memory; Sensory, Short-Term of Memory, and Baddeley՚s Working Memory Model
- 4
- Memory Processes
- Theories of Memories
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- Everyday Memories
- Memory- Meaning, Models & Enhanced Memory
Thinking & Cognition [5 Notes- 1.54% Effort]
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- Thinking: Characteristics of Thinking
- Thinking: Types of Thinking
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- Reasoning: Major Definitions
- Types of Reasoning: Inductive Reasoning
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- Thinking: Units, Types & Stages
Problem Solving & Creativity [4 Notes- 0.82% Effort]
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- Problem Solving: Important Definitions
- Nature of Problem-Solving Behavior
- 2
- Stages of Problem Solving
- Problem Solving: Structure, Classes & Process
Language [8 Notes- 2.59% Effort]
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- Rules of Grammar and Syntax
- Units of Language
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- Stages of Language Development
- Theories of Language Development: Classical Conditioning Theory
- 3
- Theories of Language Development: Skinner՚s Theory
- Theories of Language Development: Information Processing Theory - Noam Chomsky
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- Theories of Language Development: Language Acquisition Device and Process of Language Acquisition
- Language Acquisition: Types of Language Acquisition
Intelligence [10 Notes- 1.84% Effort]
Types of Intelligence [1 Notes- 0.02% Effort]
Assessing Intelligence [2 Notes- 0.34% Effort]
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- Measurement of Intelligence: Classification of Intelligence Tests
- Measurement of Intelligence: Limitations and Uses of Intelligence Tests
Dynamics of Intelligence [4 Notes- 0.52% Effort]
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- Intelligence: Important Definitions
- Intelligence: History & Development of Intelligence & Testing
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- Intelligence: Characteristics of Intelligence
- Intelligence: Facts to Know
Heredity or Environment & Intelligence [3 Notes- 0.94% Effort]
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- Intelligence: Factors Affecting Intelligence
- Intelligence: Paul Bates Concept and Intellectual Development
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- Human Intelligence: Methods to Increase Intelligence
Motivation & Emotion [19 Notes- 3.95% Effort]
Biological Bases [2 Notes- 0.08% Effort]
Motivational Concepts [11 Notes- 2.16% Effort]
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- Motivation: Characteristics of Motivation
- Motivational Process
- Motives: Motive՚s Classification and Kinds of Motivation
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- Motives: Types of Motives
- Important Terminology: Instinct and Imprinting
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- Important Terminology: Need, Drive and Incentive
- Important Terminology: Frustration
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- Classification of Needs: Biological Needs
- Classification of Needs: Psychosocial
- Needs and Motives: Basic Concepts; the Three Motives: Achievement, Power and Intimacy, Perspectives on Motivation, Homeostasis and Drives, Approach and Avoidance Motivation and Cognitive Processes
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- Motives: Meaning, Classification & Theories
Theories of Emotion [1 Notes- 0.24% Effort]
Stress & Health [5 Notes- 1.45% Effort]
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- Mental Health: Path to Good Mental Health and Components of Mental Health
- Mental Health: Importance of Subject of Mental Health and Factors Influencing Mental Health
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- Mental Health: Obstructions to Good Mental Health and Management of Mental Health
- Mental Health: Prevention of Mental Disorders and Factors or Causes of Mental Disorders
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- Positive Health
Personality [40 Notes- 18.56% Effort]
Personality Theories & Approaches [26 Notes- 13.13% Effort]
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- Need Hierarchy Theory: Assumptions of the Theory and Maslow՚s Pyramid: Hierarchy of Needs
- Need Hierarchy Theory: D-Needs and B-Needs and Merits of Maslow՚s Theory
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- Need Hierarchy Theory: Demerits of Maslow՚s Theory
- Traits of Personality: Definition and Classification
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- Traits of Personality: Genotypes and Phenotypes
- Theories of Personality
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- Psychoanalytic Approach: Freud՚s Psychoanalytic Theory
- Psychoanalytic Approach: Freud՚s Psycho-Sexual Development Theory
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- Psychoanalytic Approach: Contribution and Criticism of Freud Theories
- Psychoanalytic Approach: Freud՚s Defense Mechanisms and Types of Defense Mechanisms
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- Psychoanalytic Approach: Karen Horney Theory and Jung՚s Analytical Theory
- Psychoanalytic Approach: Erikson՚s Social Development Theory
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- Psychoanalytic Approach: Adler՚s Theory of Individual Approach
- Humanistic Approach: Maslow՚s Self-Actualization Theory
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- Humanistic Approach: Carl Roger՚s Self-Theory
- Humanistic Approach: Goal of Humanistic Therapy
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- Learning Approach: Dollard and Miller՚s Learning Reinforcement Theory and Bandura and Walter՚s Social Learning Theory
- Murray՚s Theory of Needs
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- Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler
- Humanistic Psychoanalysis: Erich Fromm
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- Interpersonal Theory: Harry Stack Sullivan
- Introduction to Humanistic – Existential Approach
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- Person-Centred Theories: Carl Rogers
- Need Hierarchy Theory: Abraham Maslow
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- Personal Construct Theory: George Kelly
- Psychoanalytical Theory: Id, Ego, Superego
Assessment Techniques [8 Notes- 2.17% Effort]
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- Measurement of Personality: Sensation Seeking Scale by Zuckerman
- Measurement of Personality: Techniques of Personality Measurement
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- Self-Report Inventories: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) , California Psychological Inventory (CPI) - MMPI-2 Has 3 Validity Scales, Subtests
- Self-Report Inventories: Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Cattell՚s 16 PF Questionnaire (16 PFQ) , Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) , Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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- Self-Report Inventories: NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) , Edwards Personality Preference Schedule (EPPS) , Personality Tests Which Used Factor Analysis in Its Construction, Important Psychologist Who Developed Personality Test Using Factor Analysis Strategy
- Projective Tests: Rorschach Inkblot Test (RT) , Holtzman Inkblot Test, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) , Rosen Wig Picture Frustration Study
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- Introduction to Personality Assessment: Sources of Data, Polygraph, Meditation
- Personality Inventories
Selfconcept or Self Esteem [3 Notes- 1.17% Effort]
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- Definitions and Concepts: Personality as a Social Value and an Intervening Variable
- Personality: Characteristics of Personality
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- Introduction to the Study of Personality
Growth & Adjustment [3 Notes- 2.07% Effort]
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- Determinants of Personality
- Personality: Interactions, Dynamics, Development, Evaluative Comments and Criticism and Controversies
- 2
- Physiological Approaches to Personality
Abnormal Psychology [20 Notes- 4.87% Effort]
Anxiety Disorders [5 Notes- 1.38% Effort]
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- Anxiety: Types and Symptoms of Anxiety
- Anxiety: Types of Anxiety Disorders and Etiology of Anxiety
- 2
- Anxiety: Management and Treatment of Anxiety
- Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorders, Phobia and OCD
- 3
- Causes of Anxiety Disorder; Onset of Anxiety
Mood Disorders [3 Notes- 1.11% Effort]
- 1
- Mood Disorder: Types of Mood Disorders
- Mood Disorder: Causes of Mood Disorder and Management Techniques for Mood Disorders
- 2
- Depression and Mood Disorders
Schizophrenic Disorders [4 Notes- 0.68% Effort]
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- Schizophrenia: Symptoms of Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia: Causes of Schizophrenia
- 2
- Schizophrenia: Types of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- Schizophrenia: Genetic Theory of Schizophrenia and Treatment of Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders [3 Notes- 1.35% Effort]
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- Personality Disorder: Important Terms and Classification of Personality Disorders (DSM-IV Classification)
- Personality Disorders: Types of Personality Disorders
- 2
- Somatoform Disorder; Eating, Borderline Personality, and Deficit Hyperactivity of Disorder
Dissociative Disorders [5 Notes- 0.32% Effort]
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- Hysteria: Types and Conversive Hysteria
- Hysteria: Symptoms and Causes of Conversive Hysteria
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- Hysteria: Treatment of Conversive Hysteria and Dissociative Hysteria
- Hysteria: Symptoms and Causes of Dissociative Hysteria
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- Hysteria: Treatment of Dissociative Hysteria, Similarities between Conversion and Dissociative Hysteria and Difference between Conversion and Dissociative Hysteria
Treatment of Psychology Disorders [46 Notes- 28.73% Effort]
Treatment Approaches [2 Notes- 0.21% Effort]
- 1
- Group Therapy: Elements and Methods Used for Group Therapy
- Group Therapy: Merits and Limitations of Group Therapy
Modes of Therapy [17 Notes- 4.96% Effort]
- 1
- Behavior Therapy: Different Methods in Behavior Therapy
- Behavior Therapy: REBT
- 2
- Behavior Therapy: CBT
- Behavior Therapy: MBCT
- 3
- Psychotherapy: Important Definitions
- Psychotherapy: Basis of Psychotherapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- 4
- Psychotherapy: Supportive, Reconstructive and Problems of Psychotherapy
- Behavioral Therapy: Basis and Assumptions of Behavior Therapy
- 5
- Behavioral Therapy: Characteristics of Behavioral Therapies and Behavioral Therapy Techniques
- Behavior Therapy: Advantages and Disadvantages of Behavior Therapy
- 6
- Humanistic Therapy: Basic Principles of Humanistic Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy: Conditions Required
- 7
- Humanistic Therapy: Goals and Procedure of Humanistic Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy: Merits and Limitations of Humanistic Therapy
- 8
- Cognitive Therapy: Cognitive Therapy Techniques
- Cognitive Therapies: Types of Cognitive Therapies
- 9
- Cognition Oriented Therapies; Cognitive Behavioral and Rational Emotive of Therapy
Community & Preventive Approaches [1 Notes- 0.13% Effort]
Biomedical Therapies [2 Notes- 0.27% Effort]
- 1
- Biofeedback Therapy: Important Concepts and Biofeedback Signals
- Biofeedback: Commonly Used Forms of Biofeedback Therapy and Steps in Biofeedback Therapy
Preventing Psychological Disorders [24 Notes- 23.14% Effort]
- 1
- Positive Communities
- Wisdom; Conceptions, Positive Psychology and Study, Criteria for Evaluation, Psychological Theories of Wisdom
- 2
- The Berlin Wisdom Project: The Content Domain of Wisdom; Linking Wisdom to Psychological Theories of Motivation, Interesting Research Findings of Wisdom
- Courage; Components, Types, of Courage
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- Measuring; Gender Differences, Developing and Inculcating of Courage, Fear and Courage: Unraveling the Relationship, and Becoming Courageous
- Flow; the Concept of Flow, Characteristics of the State, of Flow, Flow, Attention, and the Self, the Autotelic Personality
- 4
- Meta-Motivational States and Reversal Theory; Directions in Flow Research, Measuring Flow and Autotelic Personality, Interventions to Foster Flow, and Directions for Future Research
- Mindfulness; Concepts Related, to Mindfulness, the Opposite: Mindlessness and Negative Evaluation and Achieving Mindfulness
- 5
- Benefits of Mindfulness; and Application
- Character Strengths and Virtues
- 6
- Happiness and Well Being: Concepts, Components & Perspectives
- Happiness and Well-Being: Causes & Effects
- 7
- Happiness and Well Being: Measurement & Enhancement
- Humility; Definition, Components, Religion, Building Research of Humility and Humility in the Workplace
- 8
- Characteristics of Humble Leaders; What Humility is Not, Enhancing Humility: The Interventions, and Hinderance to the Development of Humility
- Measure of Humility, Situations in Which Humility Can be Judged, Benefits of Being Humble, It is Always Nice to be Humble and Conclusion
- 9
- Compassion
- Forgiveness
- 10
- Gratitude
- Empathy and Altruism
- 11
- Love and Flourishing Relationships; Models for Explaining Love and Central Concepts, Classification, and Measurement
- Researcher՚s Eye on Love and Flourishing Relationships
- 12
- Coping: An Introduction
- Humor
Social Psychology [22 Notes- 3.18% Effort]
Group Dynamics [4 Notes- 0.82% Effort]
- 1
- Social Change: Important Definition and Main Characteristics of Social Change
- Social Change: Psychological Basis of Social Change and Factors Affecting Social Change
- 2
- Social Change: Factors Contributing Resistance to Change
- Social Change: Planning for a Change and Limited Success of Planning for a Social Change
Attribution Process [4 Notes- 0.68% Effort]
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- Small Groups: Properties and Classification of Group
- Small Groups: Advantages and Pitfalls of Small Groups
- 2
- Small Groups: Theories of Group Behavior
- Small Groups: Measurement of Group Behavior
Interpersonal Perception [1 Notes- 0.14% Effort]
Conformity, Compliance, Obedience [1 Notes- 0.14% Effort]
Attitudes & Attitude Change [6 Notes- 0.63% Effort]
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- Concept and Definition of Attitude: Important Concepts and Definitions
- Characteristics of Attitude
- 2
- Development of Attitudes
- Dimensions of Attitude
- 3
- Attitude Change: Factors Affecting Message Persuasiveness and Cognitive Routes
- Attitude Change: Emotion and Attitude Change, Factors Affecting Attitude Change and Congruent and Incongruent Change