When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Reversal theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversal_theory

    Reversal theory is a structural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology. [1] It focuses on the dynamic qualities of normal human experience to describe how a person regularly reverses between psychological states, reflecting their motivational style, the meaning they attach to a situation at a given time, and the emotions they experience.

  3. Cellular adaptation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_adaptation

    It is a reversible process thought to be caused by stem cell reprogramming. Stem cells are found in epithelia and embryonic mesenchyme of connective tissue . A prominent example of metaplasia involves the changes associated with the respiratory tract in response to inhalation of irritants, such as smog or smoke.

  4. Self-reference effect - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-reference_effect

    It is another example where a person's organization traits fit with the self-reference effect Jones et al. (1971). The self is visualized as a schema that is involved with processing personal information, interpretation, and memories which is considered a powerful and effective process (Rogers et al., 1977).

  5. Free recall - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_recall

    The standard test involves the recall period starting immediately after the final list item; this can be referred to as immediate free recall (IFR) to distinguish it from delayed free recall (DFR). In delayed free recall, there is a short distraction period between the final list item and the start of the recall period.

  6. Altered state of consciousness - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_state_of_consciousness

    Examples include normal waking consciousness, the anesthetized or the depressed state. The theory further proposes that via pharmacological induction of psychedelic substances psilocybin , the brain is able to enter into the primary state of consciousness (the psychedelic state) from normal waking consciousness.

  7. Dual process theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_process_theory

    Whether the focus be on social psychology or cognitive psychology, there are many examples of dual process theories produced throughout the past. The following just show a glimpse into the variety that can be found. [citation needed] Peter Wason and Jonathan St B. T. Evans suggested dual process theory in 1974. [4]

  8. Recall (memory) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recall_(memory)

    An example of mnemonic devices are PEMDAS or Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally; this is a device for arithmetic when solving equations that have parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction and what order to do each calculation. Words or an acronym can stand for a process that individuals need to recall.

  9. Automatic and controlled processes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_and_controlled...

    Automatic and controlled processes (ACP) are the two categories of cognitive processing.All cognitive processes fall into one or both of those two categories. The amounts of "processing power", attention, and effort a process requires is the primary factor used to determine whether it's a controlled or an automatic process.