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regression

(Encyclopedia) regression, in psychology: see defense mechanism.

displacement

(Encyclopedia) displacement, in psychology: see defense mechanism.

memory, in psychology

(Encyclopedia) memory, in psychology, the storing of learned information, and the ability to recall that which has been stored. It has been hypothesized that three processes occur in remembering:…

Brentano, Franz

(Encyclopedia) Brentano, FranzBrentano, Franzfränts [key]Brentano, Franz brĕntäˈnō [key], 1838–1917, German philosopher and psychologist. He was a teacher (1866–73) at Würzburg, and in 1874 he became…

Rivers, William Halse Rivers

(Encyclopedia) Rivers, William Halse Rivers, 1864–1922, British anthropologist. He taught at Cambridge from 1893 until shortly before his death. Trained in medicine and psychology, he pioneered in…

Watson, John Broadus

(Encyclopedia) Watson, John Broadus, 1878–1958, American psychologist, b. Greenville, S.C. He taught (1903–8) at the Univ. of Chicago and was professor and director (1908–20) of the psychological…

conversion

(Encyclopedia) conversion, in psychology: see defense mechanism; hysteria.

repression

(Encyclopedia) repression, in psychology: see defense mechanism; psychoanalysis.

Ottawa, University of

(Encyclopedia) Ottawa, University of, at Ottawa, Ont., Canada; bilingual; provincially supported; founded 1848 as the College of Bytown. It became the Univ. of Ottawa in 1866. It has faculties of…