Glossary W
Glossary W
Womb envy refers to Karen Horney's theory of men's envy of women's ability to bear children or the concept that men and boys experience jealousy over women's ability to bear and nurse children.
Women’s suffrage refers to the movement to get women the right to vote.
- Woodworth, Robert Sessions (1869-1962) : Woodworth, Robert Sessions refers to an influential functionalist at Columbia University who emphasized the role of motivation in behavior.
Word association refers to a simple enabling exercise where research participants suggest words they can associate in any way with something relevant to the research, such as a brand or activity.
Related Articles | |
Agoraphobia at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■■■■ |
Agoraphobia refers to the fear of public places or open spacesagoraphobics try to avoid being in situations . . . Read More | |
Dependent personality disorder at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Dependent personality disorder refers to Cluster C (anxious or fearful) personality disorder characterized . . . Read More | |
Night terror at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Night terror is defined as a state of panic during NREM sleep. An experience of intense anxiety during . . . Read More | |
Anxiety Disorder at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Anxiety Disorder refers to a disorder in which the child experiences excessive and debilitating anxiety. . . . Read More | |
Euphoria at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Euphoria refers to an exaggerated sense of well-being. It is the emotion of elationelevated mood. Euphoria . . . Read More | |
Aerophobia at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Aerophobia refers to the fear of flying or fear of air. It is an abnormal fear of air and gases (particularly . . . Read More | |
Anorexia nervosa at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Anorexia nervosa refers to an eating disorder characterized by intentional starvation, distorted body . . . Read More | |
Panic attack at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Panic attack: panic attack refers to abrupt experience of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by several . . . Read More | |
Anxiety and Depression at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Anxiety and Depression in the context of psychology refer to two of the most common mental health disorders, . . . Read More | |
Neurotic anxiety at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Neurotic anxiety refers to anxiety that occurs when one is repeatedly prevented from expressing one's . . . Read More |