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Centration In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the second stage is called Preoperational Thought. During this stage, which occurs from age 4-7,…

Central Nervous System (CNS) CNS is a term that describes the brain and the spinal cord. This is a term you are…

Cell Assembly In 1949, Donald O. Hebb coined this term. It refers to a group of cortical neurons that function to sustain…

Cause and Effect Cause and effect is the panacea for researchers. It is a term youʼve likely heard many times already, or…

Causation You are probably familiar with this word as it relates to ʻcause and effect…which is a very important phrase in psychology…

Cathexis The term cathexis refers to an investment of mental or emotional energy put into a person, object, or idea. For example,…

Catharsis Catharsis is a psychodynamic principle that, in its most basic sense, is simply an emotional release. Further, the catharsis hypothesis maintains…

Catatonic Schizophrenia People with this type of schizophrenia exhibit unusual motor behaviors, and act in bizarre ways. There are two type of…

CAT Scan A CAT Scan is “Computerized Axial Tomography” (also known as a CT Scan), which is a process of using computers…

Case Study A case study is one type of observational data collection technique in which one individual is studied in-depth in order…