Most Recent Articles from Encyclopedia of Psychology

• Type A personality 

  In the 1970s, psychologists started investigating possible links between personality and health. Initial research seemed to indicate that...

  04/06/01 by Timothy Moore · More from publication

• Underachiever 

  Although the term "underachiever" commonly refers to anyone, child or adult, who performs below his or her potential, psychologists typically...

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• Sullivan, Harry Stack (1892-1949) 

  Harry Stack Sullivan, born on February 21, 1892, in the farming community of Norwich, New York, was the only surviving child of a poor Irish...

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• Television and aggression 

  For many years, behavioral and educational researchers have studied the psychological effects of television programs on viewers, particularly...

  04/06/01 by A. Woodward · More from publication

• Temperament 

  Individual variations in temperament are most readily observed in newborn babies. Even immediately after birth, some babies are calm while...

  04/06/01 · More from publication

• Test anxiety 

  Physical symptoms of test anxiety include a rapid heartbeat, dry mouth, sweating, stomach ache, dizziness, and desire to urinate. The anxiety...

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