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Metapsychology (Greek: meta 'beyond, transcending', and ψυχολογία ' psychology ') [2] is that aspect of a psychological theory that discusses the terms that are essential to it, but leaves aside or transcends the phenomena that the theory deals with. Psychology refers to the concrete conditions of the human psyche, metapsychology to ...
Psychoactive cacti, which contain mainly mescaline: Peyote. Other Lophophora. Peruvian Torch cactus. San Pedro cactus. Trichocereus macrogonus var. macrogonus (syn. Echinopsis peruviana) Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi (syn. Echinopsis pachanoi) Other Echinopsis. Mild stimulant and vasoconstrictor plants that contain mainly caffeine and ...
Salvia divinorum, a dissociative hallucinogenic sage. This is a list of plant species that, when consumed by humans, are known or suspected to produce psychoactive effects: changes in nervous system function that alter perception, mood, consciousness, cognition or behavior.
Metacognitive training. Metacognitive training (MCT) is an approach for treating the symptoms of psychosis in schizophrenia, [1] especially delusions, [2] which has been adapted for other disorders such as depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder and borderline over the years (see below). It was developed by Steffen Moritz and Todd Woodward.
Animal psychopathology. Animal psychopathology is the study of mental or behavioral disorders in non-human animals. Historically, there has been an anthropocentric tendency to emphasize the study of animal psychopathologies as models for human mental illnesses. [1] But animal psychopathologies can, from an evolutionary point of view, be more ...
Experiments like the string-pulling task performed here by a Carib grackle provide insights into animal cognition. Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals including insect cognition. The study of animal conditioning and learning used in this field was developed from comparative psychology.
Clinical lycanthropy is a rare psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusion that the affected person can transform into, has transformed into, or is, a non-human animal. [1] Its name is associated with the mythical condition of lycanthropy, a supernatural affliction in which humans are said to physically shapeshift into wolves. [2]
As stated in a reference work: Psychoactive plants are plants that people ingest in the form of simple or complex preparations in order to affect the mind or alter the state of consciousness. [1] Psychoactivity may include sedative, stimulant, euphoric, deliriant, and hallucinogenic effects. Several hundred psychoactive plants are known. [1]