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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Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity is the ability of the nervous system to change connections, functions and organization due to experience, learning or injury.
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Neurotransmitter
A neurotransmitter is a chemical that carries a signal between neurons or other target cells.
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No boundaries
Lack of boundaries is the difficulty in defining, communicating and protecting one's needs, time, space, values or body.
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Nucleus accumbens
The nucleus accumbens is a part of the ventral striatum important for motivation, reward learning, and responding to stimuli that…
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Objective
A goal is a consciously defined result to which you direct your attention, energy and action.
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Observation
Observation is consciously noticing facts, signals and changes without immediately jumping to a conclusion or reaction.
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Observation without judgment
Observing without judgment is noticing experiences for what they are, without immediately labeling them as good, bad, or intolerable.
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One-off change
A single change is the intentional correction of one selected element of a behavior, system or habit rather than a…
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Openness to experience
Openness to experience is a personality dimension related to curiosity, imagination, tolerance of new things and readiness to contact with…
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Optimization
Optimization is consciously improving the performance of a system, process or strategy in relation to specific criteria.
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Option generation
Option generation is the problem-solving step of generating many possible courses of action before selecting the best one.
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Organization of attention
Organizing attention is the conscious directing of attentional resources to selected stimuli, tasks and goals, rather than allowing the environment…
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Over-analyzing
Overanalysis is the repeated consideration of options, risks and scenarios without proceeding to a decision or test.
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Panic
Panic is a sudden state of very intense fear or terror, often accompanied by intense physical symptoms.
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Paradigm
A paradigm is a basic framework of assumptions, concepts, and methods through which reality or a problem is interpreted.
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Parasympathetic system
The parasympathetic system is a part of the autonomic nervous system that supports regeneration, digestion, lowering arousal and resting functions.
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Pareto principle
The Pareto Principle is a practical heuristic that states that in many situations a small portion of causes or actions…
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Patience
Patience is the ability to endure delay, difficulty, or frustration without impulsive resignation or reaction.
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Pattern analysis
Pattern analysis is the identification of repeating relationships in data, behavior or events.
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Penalty
Punishment is a consequence of behavior that is intended to reduce the likelihood of it happening again.
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Persistence
Perseverance is the ability to continue action despite difficulties, delayed reward, fatigue or a temporary loss of motivation.
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Personal axiology
Personal axiology is an ordered set of values that help assess choices, priorities and direction of action.
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Personal development
Personal development is the conscious development of the way of thinking, acting, relationships and self-regulation in accordance with values and…
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Personal effectiveness
Personal effectiveness is the ability to achieve important results with the judicious use of time, energy and attention.
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Personal history
Personal history is the way a person understands his or her own experiences and combines them into a story about…
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Personal narrative
Personal narrative is the way a person tells his or her own story and gives meaning to experiences.
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Personality
Personality is a relatively persistent pattern of traits, emotions, motivations and behaviors that influence the way a person functions.
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Perspective
Perspective is a way of seeing a situation resulting from the position, experiences, emotions and assumptions of the observer.
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Phenomenology of experience
Phenomenology of experience is the careful description of how something is experienced from a first-person perspective before it is explained…
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Phobia
A phobia is a strong, persistent fear of a specific object or situation, usually out of proportion to the real…
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