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Depressive Realism Depressive Realism is the tendency for mildly depressed people to make judgments that are typically more accurate than people who…

Depressants Depressants” “Depressants are drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow down body functions. Many people…

Dependent Variable (DV) In an experiment there are two variables; the independent variable (IV) and the dependent variable (DV). In the most…

Denial Denial is a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously rejects thoughts, feelings, needs, wishes, or external realities that they would…

Dendrite Dendrites are the branch-like structures of neurons that extend from the cell body (soma). The dendrites receive neural impulses (electrical and…

Demand Characteristic Sometimes during an experiment, a participant might pick up on some clue or bias from the researcher, the situation, or…

Delusions People with certain psychological disorders (or those having a psychotic episode), such as schizophrenia, may demonstrate delusions, or false beliefs, often…

Delta Wave A delta wave is a type of brain wave that is large (high amplitude) and slow (low frequency), and is…

Deja Vu From French, literally meaning “already seenʼ. Deja Vu is that eerie sense of “I’ve experienced this before.” This may occur…

Deindividuation Have you ever been in a group and acted in a manner that was completely out of character for you? How…