Awe: The Science and Psychology of Wonder
Discover the psychological, cognitive, and evolutionary foundations of awe. Learn how perceived vastness, cognitive accommodation,...
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Psychological Dictionary
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Attribution of Emotion: Decoding Affective States
The attribution of emotion is the cognitive process by which individuals identify, infer, and assign...
November 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Excitation Transfer: How Arousal Shapes Emotion
Excitation transfer theory reveals how residual physiological arousal from an initial stimulus amplifies subsequent emotional...
November 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Appropriate Affect: Emotional Congruence
Appropriate affect refers to the clinical and psychological observation that an individual's outward emotional expression...
November 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Appraisal Theory: How Cognition Shapes Emotion
Appraisal theory posits that emotions are elicited and differentiated through cognitive evaluations of environmental events...
November 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Antipathy: The Psychology of Deep Aversion
Discover the psychological anatomy of antipathy: an enduring affective state of instinctive aversion and hostility,...
October 28, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anticipatory Pleasure: The Science of Looking Forward
Anticipatory pleasure is the capacity to experience positive affect when looking forward to future rewarding...
October 24, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Antecedent Emotion Regulation: Shaping Affective Life
Antecedent-focused emotion regulation encompasses proactive strategies deployed before emotional responses fully crystallize. Explore its foundations,...
October 23, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anger: The Anatomy of Human Fury
An exhaustive academic dictionary entry examining the psychological, physiological, evolutionary, and cultural dimensions of anger.
October 9, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Alexithymia: The Inability to Verbalize Emotions
An in-depth academic exploration of alexithymia: its clinical definition, etymology, neurobiological underpinnings, diagnostic assessment, and...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Affective Reactivity: Dynamics of Emotional Arousal
Affective Reactivity (AFR) describes the threshold, intensity, and temporal dynamics of emotional arousal in response...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Affective Well-Being: Science of Emotion
Affective well-being denotes the emotional dimension of subjective well-being, characterized by the balance, frequency, and...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti