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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 …

Carl Rogers Carl Rogers (1902 – 1987) was one of the most influential psychologists of modern times, and is well known for …

Carl Jung Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) is best known as the founder of Analytic Psychology, also known as Jungian Psychology. This school …

Cardinal Trait According to Gordon Allport, the human personality is comprised of three traits. The most dominant of these traits are the …