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• Psychoanalysis
  ...mund Freud]] and continued by others. It is primarily devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior, although it can also be appli # a method of investigation of the mind and the way one thinks;
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• Unconscious mind
  ...nifest in a person's mind but which the person is not aware of at the time of their occurrence. These phenomena include unconscious feelings, unconscious ...e fails to immediately solve a given problem and then suddenly has a flash of insight that provides a solution maybe days later at some odd moment during
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• Consciousness
  ...ealize what everyday experiences are, consciousness refuses to be defined, philosophers note (e.g. John Searle in ''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy''):<ref>Sear ...conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives."<ref>Schneider and Velmans, (2007), pp.1-6 In Velmans & Schneide
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• Social constructionism
  ...herent quality that it possesses in itself. Take, for example, our notion of "marriage": what this term includes and doesn't include and what it means t ...s independent of conscious beings that determine the categorical structure of reality. <ref>Burr, Vivien (1995). ''An Introduction to Social Construction
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• Carl Jung
  ...of which were extremely productive in regard to the symbols and processes of the human psyche, found in dreams and other entrees to the unconscious. ...rocess] Retrieved on 2009-2-20</ref> Individuation was the central concept of analytical psychology.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Memories, Dreams, Reflections
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• Psychiatry
  ...Johann Christian Reil]] in 1808. It literally means the 'medical treatment of the mind' (''psych-'': mind; ''-iatry'': medical treatment; from Greek ''i� ...In other words, the genetics of mental illness may really be the genetics of brain development, with different outcomes possible, depending on the biolo
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• Cognitive behavioral therapy
  ...], [[cognitive therapy]], and to refer to therapy based upon a combination of basic [[behaviorism|behavioral]] and [[cognitive psychology|cognitive]] res .... S. A. (2001) Recent Developments in the Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The Behavior Analyst Today, 2 (2), 141–14
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• Sigmund Freud
  ...n psychoanalysis to contribute to the history, interpretation and critique of culture. ...onsidered one of the most prominent thinkers of the 20th century, in terms of originality and intellectual influence.
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• Existential therapy
  ...a therapist conceptualizes a client's problem in order to develop a method of treatment. ...Mitwelt, Eigenwelt and Uberwelt). Emmy van Deurzen (2010) in her Handbook of Existential Psychotherapy, Everyday Mysteries, London: Routledge, has shown
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• Psychology
  <!--Overview of discipline:--> ..., or [[cognitive scientist]]. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of [[mental function]]s in individual and [[social behavior]], while also expl
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• Phenomenology (philosophy)
  ...[[University of Göttingen|Göttingen]] and [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|Munich]] in Germany, and spread across to [[France]], the United Sta ...ISBN 1-59274-646-5 P. 43-44.</ref> describes Phenomenology as an outgrowth of European [[Kant]]ianism, which must be considered in relation to [[Structur
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• Existentialism
  ...owledge]], [[Philosophy of language|language]], or [[Philosophy of science|science]]. ...n|alienation]], and [[boredom]].<ref>Corrigan, John. ''The Oxford handbook of religion and emotion'' (Oxford, 2008, pp. 387-388)</ref>
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• Stoicism
  ...," a sage was immune to misfortune. This belief is similar to the meaning of the phrase 'stoic calm', though the phrase does not include the "radical et ...rlink= |coauthors= |editor=E. Craig |encyclopedia=[[Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] |title=Ancient philosophy |url=http://www.rep.routledge.com/ar
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• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
  ...|Greek]], [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] and modern philosophers. REBT is one form of [[Cognitive behavioral therapy|cognitive behavior therapy]] ([[CBT]]) and w ...llis, A. (1957). Rational psychotherapy and individual psychology. Journal of Individual Psychology, 13, 38-44. </ref> nearly a decade before [[Aaron Bec
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• Empathy
  ...by another semi-sentient being. Someone may need to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel [[compassion]]. ...The Roots of Empathy: The Shared Manifold Hypothesis and the Neural Basis of Intersubjectivity. Psychopathology 36:171–180 DOI: 10.1159/000072786.] Re
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• Emotion
  ...://www.emotionalcompetency.com/emotion.htm Emotional Competency discussion of emotion]</ref> The related term "motivation" is also derived from the word No definitive [[taxonomy]] of emotions exists, though numerous taxonomies have been proposed. Some catego
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• Jacques Lacan
  ...lectuals in the 1960s and the 1970s, especially the [[post-structuralist]] philosophers. His interdisciplinary work was as a "self-proclaimed Freudian....'It is up ...lisabeth Roudinesco|Roudinesco, Elisabeth]] Jacques Lacan & Co.: a history of psychoanalysis in France, 1925–1985, 1990, Chicago University Press</ref>
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• History of psychology
  ...sociology]], [[anthropology]], as well as philosophy and other components of the [[humanities]]. ...ahim B. Syed, "Islamic Medicine: 1000 years ahead of its times", ''Journal of the Islamic Medical Association'', 2002 (2), p. 2-9.</ref>
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• Behavioral neuroscience
  ..., and non-human primates) which have implications for better understanding of human pathology and therefore contribute to [[evidence based practice]]. ...m Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists", ''Journal of Religion and Health'' '''43''' (4): 357-377 [366].</ref>
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• Søren Kierkegaard
  ...h Schelling]] and [[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel]] and the Christianity of the [[State Church]] versus the [[Free church|Free Church]]. ...rete human reality over abstract thinking, and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment.<ref>(Gardiner, 1969)</ref>
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