Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Active listening
Active listening means carefully receiving the interlocutor's statements with the intention of understanding rather than immediate evaluation.
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Assertiveness
Assertiveness is expressing your own needs and boundaries with respect for yourself and others.
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Attachment
Attachment is an emotional bond, especially between a child and a caregiver, that influences feelings of security and later relationships.
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Authenticity
Authenticity is the congruence between values, identity and way of acting in the world.
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Clarity of communication
Clarity of communication means transmitting information in a way that is understandable, specific and verifiable by the interlocutor.
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Communication
Communication is the process of transmitting and receiving information, meanings, intentions and emotions between people.
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Compassion
Compassion is noticing your own or someone else's suffering and being ready to respond in a way that alleviates the…
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Correction experience
A corrective experience is a new experience that weakens an old belief or emotional pattern through real, different contact with…
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Emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is a set of abilities related to recognizing, understanding, expressing and regulating one's own and other people's emotions.
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Emotional maturity
Emotional maturity is the ability to recognize, regulate and express emotions responsibly towards oneself and others.
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Emotional tuning
Emotional attunement is noticing and adequately responding to the other person's emotional state.
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Empathy
Empathy is the ability to understand or empathize with another person's condition while remaining aware that it is their experience.
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Rejection
Rejection is the experience of being excluded, unselected, or unaccepted by a person, group, or important social context.
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Relation
A relationship is a dynamic bond between people, based on the exchange of emotions, information, behaviors, expectations and meanings.
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Responsiveness
Responsiveness is the ability to notice another person's signals and respond to them adequately, with attention and respect.
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Shame
Shame is a painful social emotion associated with the feeling that something about us is inappropriate, unacceptable or at risk…
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Social anxiety
Social anxiety disorder is a severe fear of being judged, scrutinized, embarrassed, or rejected by others.
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Social hyperscanning
Social hyperscanning is the excessive monitoring of other people's facial expressions, tone, gestures, and reactions for signals of judgment or…
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Social intelligence
Social intelligence is the ability to understand social situations, intentions, norms and relationships and to act appropriately among people.
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Social role
A social role is a set of expectations, behaviors and responsibilities assigned to a person occupying a specific position in…
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Status games
Status games are behaviors used to gain, defend or demonstrate social position in a group.
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