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For questions about definitions, names, and terms used in the psychology & neuroscience literature.

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Defining shyness towards strangers in confrontational situations

(caveat: I am not a trained psychologist, so talk to one before taking any advice from people online!) This isn't really a definition that I know of for this (beyond social phobia, or confrontational …
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Disappointment When Goal Fulfilment is Delayed

I can think of a term, but it's not psychology-specific: unmet expectations (that and lack of attention). Your two case studies are basically the same in these aspects. Unmet expectations are just …
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What is the definition of pathology?

I think the answer can actually be found in the Dictionary.com link you cite: -ological; suffix; used to form adjectives; belonging or relating to a particular type of scientific study; e.g. b …
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What is the term for a psychological effect which does not have a neurobiological/genetic ba...

This is my own conjecture: I would think a Nature/neurobiological/genetic disorder would be classified as some sort of "Structural Disorder." Maybe the Nurture side would be something like "Proces …
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