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learning

(Encyclopedia) learning, in psychology, the process by which a relatively lasting change in potential behavior occurs as a result of practice or experience. Learning is distinguished from behavioral…

What Is Feng Shui?

The classical Chinese system for seeking harmony by David Johnson When to Feng Shui? According to the website of the Way Geomancy Pte. LTD, a Singapore consulting firm, a feng shui…

hysteria

(Encyclopedia) hysteriahysteriahĭstĕrˈēə [key], in psychology, a disorder commonly known today as conversion disorder, in which a psychological conflict is converted into a bodily disturbance. It is…

Jaspers, Karl

(Encyclopedia) Jaspers, KarlJaspers, Karlkärl yäsˈpərs [key], 1883–1969, German philosopher and psychopathologist, b. Oldenburg. After receiving his medical degree (1909) he became (1914) lecturer in…

Sacks, Oliver Wolf

(Encyclopedia) Sacks, Oliver Wolf, 1933–2015, British neurologist and author, b. London, educated at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1960 he moved to the United States, where he continued his medical…

Fanon, Frantz Omar

(Encyclopedia) Fanon, Frantz Omar Fanon, Frantz Omar fräNts ômärˈ fänôNˈ [key], 1925–…

zoology

(Encyclopedia) zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical…