humanistic psychology

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approach to psychology advocated by some that emphasizes feelings and emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others

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“The psychology of BDSM is lacking in other formal training regiments and interactions,” added Stella.
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Ambassador Shirley Temple Black attributed this to the “deeply risk-averse psychology of the Czech people.”
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It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
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Laskey, who earned a degree in psychology, enjoys painting and poetry.
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Muslims made many discoveries in mathematics, chemistry, physics, medicine, astronomy and psychology.
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This is the only book that I know which goes deeply into the corrupting, demoralizing psychology of prison life.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
But a man cannot afford to ponder such problems in feminine psychology too closely if he has anything else to do!
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
The social regulations from the viewpoint of individual psychology.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
His son, Steven James Bartlett, has published fifteen books and many papers in philosophy and psychology.
The Haciendas of Mexico|Paul Alexander Bartlett
His psychology is that of the crass materialist—always a rather funny article.
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