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Negative State Relief A process in which people escape their depressed state by doing something good for others. For example, giving a…

Negative Reinforcement With negative reinforcement, the occurrence of a behavior is increased by removing an unpleasant stimulus. For example, your dog can…

Negative Afterimage A sensation of opposing colours that occur after staring at a coloured stimulus. For example, if you were to stare…

Needs We all have them, but what are they? A simple way to think about needs is that they are states of…

Need to Belong The Need to Belong was defined by American psychologist, Abraham Maslow. He believed that people are social beings who…

Nearsightedness An eye condition where one cannot see objects clearly from afar. For example, if you are nearsighted you will be able…

Near-Death Experience Near-Death Experience refers to the sensations reported by people who have come close to dying or were clinically dead for…

Nature-Nurture Issue This is one of if not the longest-running debate since the science of psychology began…what makes us who we are…

Naturalistic Observation Researchers use all sorts of techniques to collect data, ranging from very controlled lab experiments to natural observation. With naturalistic…

Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder where the affected individual falls asleep without warning. A person with narcolepsy can fall asleep while…