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

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What is the difference between behavioral science and cognitive science?

The field of cognitive science is sort of a response to behavioral science. Behavioral science focuses on the behavior, or the "output", of an organism. It is based more on observation as a general ru …
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Is there a term for not recognizing that other people think differently, or projecting your ...

Interesting question! Theory of mind is the ability to attribute mental states, motivations, etc. to others and recognize that others have separate intentions, states, and motivations from his or her …
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Tendency to see novelty in mundane and trivial statements

Might apophenia be the term you are looking for? The term is attributed to Klaus Conrad by Peter Brugger, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific exper …
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Term for behaviour of transfering personal problems to other people and trying to solve them...

You might be looking at cases of psychological projection, which is a method of denial in which people defend themselves from their own negative impulses by attributing them to others. In accordance w …
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What can clinical psychologists do that psychiatrists can't do?

Short answer is that psychiatrists are medical doctors and (more often than not) medical researchers, and thus psychiatrists themselves often do not practice psychotherapy. Psychiatrists Psychiatris …
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