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Depression

Depression Key Terms: Depression: A mental disorder characterised by low mood and low energy levels. Comorbity: when one of more disorder...

Attachment: Types of Attachment

Types of attachment Attachment is a word used by psychologists to describe the relationship between children and their caretakers. When...

Attachment: Early Attachment on Later Relationships

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Memory: Retrieval Failure.

Forgetting- retrieval failure DEFINITION- Cue- dependant forgetting (also, context-dependant forgetting) or retrieval failure, is the...

Memory: Factors Affecting Eye-Witness Testimony

LEADING QUESTIONS: A leading question is a question which, because of the way it is phrased, suggests a certain answer. This can distort...

Attachment: Types of attachment

Ainsworth: Types of attachment Mary Ainsworth identified three types of attachment: Secure attachment (Type B), Insecure avoidant (Type...

Attachment: Maternal Deprivation

Maternal Deprivation Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation states that deprivation from the primary caregiver during the critical...

Attachment: Cultural Variation

Cultural Variation Cultural Variations is the differences in behaviours that different cultures behold. For example, Ainsworth executed...

Memory: Cognitive Interview

The Cognitive Interview (CI) was devised by psychologists in order to eliminate the effects of misleading questions and misleading...

Attachment: Bowlby's Monotropy.

Explanations: Bowlby’s Monotropy. Bowlby’s theory of attachment is based off evolutionary ideas. Influenced by Lorenz and Harlow, Bowlby...