A state in which attention is largely directed outward from the self.

Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.

Disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the individual and recognized by him or her as being unacceptable. Social relationships may be greatly affected but usually remain within acceptable limits. The disturbance is relatively enduring or recurrent without treatment.

A state in which attention is largely directed inward upon one's self.

Check list, usually to be filled out by a person about himself, consisting of many statements about personal characteristics which the subject checks.

The branch of psychology concerned with psychological methods of recognizing and treating behavior disorders.

The study of normal and abnormal behavior of children.

The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals.

Standardized objective tests designed to facilitate the evaluation of personality.

In current usage, approximately equivalent to personality. The sum of the relatively fixed personality traits and habitual modes of response of an individual.

The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of group membership upon the behavior, attitudes, and beliefs of an individual.

The cognitive and affective processes which constitute an internalized moral governor over an individual's moral conduct.

The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement are considered to be within scope of this term.

Predisposition to react to one's environment in a certain way; usually refers to mood changes.

The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.

Those psychological characteristics which differentiate individuals from one another.

A major deviation from normal patterns of behavior.

Highly pleasant emotion characterized by outward manifestations of gratification; joy.

Growth of habitual patterns of behavior in childhood and adolescence.

The branch of psychology concerned with similarities or differences in the behavior of different animal species or of different races or peoples.

Persistent and disabling ANXIETY.

The feeling-tone accompaniment of an idea or mental representation. It is the most direct psychic derivative of instinct and the psychic representative of the various bodily changes by means of which instincts manifest themselves.

Theoretical representations that simulate psychological processes and/or social processes. These include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment.

The branch of psychology concerned with psychological aspects of teaching and the formal learning process in school.

The branch of psychology which seeks to learn more about the fundamental causes of behavior by studying various psychologic phenomena in controlled experimental situations.

A branch of psychology in which there is collaboration between psychologists and physicians in the management of medical problems. It differs from clinical psychology, which is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of behavior disorders.

The branch of applied psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles and methods to industrial problems including selection and training of workers, working conditions, etc.

Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties.

Principles applied to the analysis and explanation of psychological or behavioral phenomena.

The perceiving of attributes, characteristics, and behaviors of one's associates or social groups.

The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons.

Any behavior caused by or affecting another individual, usually of the same species.

Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.