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	Complex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In psychology, a complex is a group of mental factors that are unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject and influence the individual's attitude and behavior.
		In chemistry, a complex, or coordination compound or metal complex, is a structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
		A complex number is a number in that field of numbers which includes the real numbers and the imaginary numbers, of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i is the imaginary number equal to the square root of -1.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Complex (262 words)

	Classics in the History of Psychology -- Calkins (1906)
		Psychology, in other words, lays stress on the individual, while insisting that the individual is constituted, in great part, by its social relationships; sociology emphasizes the family, the state, the community, though recognizing the individuals as its members.
		Structural psychology consists essentially in the teaching that the task of psychology is first, to analyze typical experiences until one reach irreducible elements, and second, to classify the ordinary sorts of complex experience according as one or another of these elements pre dominates.
		From all this it follows that functional psychology, rightly conceived, is a form of self-psychology, that its basal phenomenon is the psychologist's self, and that its significant contributions to psychology are, first, its doctrine of the inherent relatedness of self to environment, and second, its insistence on the progressive efficiency or utility of these relations.
	psychclassics.yorku.ca /Calkins/reconciliation.htm (5951 words)

	AllRefer.com - Oedipus complex (Psychology And Psychiatry) - Encyclopedia
		Oedipus complex, Freudian term, drawn from the myth of Oedipus, designating attraction on the part of the child toward the parent of the opposite sex and rivalry and hostility toward the parent of its own.
		Resolution of the Oedipus complex is believed to occur by identification with the parent of the same sex and by the renunciation of sexual interest in the parent of the opposite sex.
		Freud considered this complex the cornerstone of the superego and the nucleus of all human relationships.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/Oedipusc.html (255 words)

	MITECS: Psychology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Contemporary psychology at the information-processing level is influenced by research in neuroscience that investigates the neural basis for cognition and emotion, by work on representations and algorithms in the fields of artificial intelligence and neural networks, and by work in social sciences such as anthropology that places the psychology of individuals within its cultural context.
		Personality psychology deals primarily with motivational and emotional aspects of human experience (see FREUD for discussion of the ideas of the famous progenitor of this area of psychology), and clinical psychology deals with applied issues related to mental health.
		Particularly in the United States, psychology in the first half of the century came to be dominated by BEHAVIORISM, an approach characterized by the rejection of theories that depended on "mentalistic" concepts such as goals, intentions, or plans.
	www.cs.buffalo.edu /pub/WWW/faculty/rapaport/575/F01/mypsychintro.html (5548 words)

	Eckerd College: The Psychology Building
		Psychology is one of the more popular majors at Eckerd.
		The Psychology Building at Eckerd, newly constructed and recently opened in late 1999, is located adjacent to the Continuing Education Center.
		The facility offers students a number of features such as a the psychology lab (shown above) and several observation rooms with one-way mirrors so research can be conducted without disturbing the activities of the subjects.
	www.eckerd.edu /tour/psych1.html (101 words)

	Critical Psychology: Critical Links -- Radical Psychology, Vol. 1, Issue 1. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Social psychology in the US was also the source, during the so-called `crisis`, of reflections on the character of social psychology as thoroughly tied to history (Gergen, 1973), and the elaborations of this argument now inspire the `social constructionist` trend of critique that has widened its scope to psychology as a whole.
		Critical psychology should not be defined as always `relativist` (although it may well treat all the discipline`s facts as social constructions) or as `realist` (although it may want to give an account of the underlying social conditions that give rise to certain ideas in the discipline) (Parker, 1998).
		Psychology as an academic enterprise is often traced to a demarcation dispute in philosophy, but the professional practice of psychology has actually often been rooted in the development of social work.
	www.yorku.ca /danaa/vol1-1/Parker.htm (6326 words)

	Forsyth's Overview of Psychology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The study of dysfunction is perhaps the most visible portion of psychology, for the lay person assumes that all psychologists study and treat abnormal behavior.
		Although the functional is as much a part of psychology as the dysfunctional, by examining the way our usually reliable psychological systems break down we gain information that is both theoretically and pragmatically useful.
		Psychology is, at once, both a science and a practice.
	www.has.vcu.edu /psy/psy101/forsyth/psych.htm (1406 words)

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		The predominate practice in psychology has been to treat individuals as mere objects, in isolation from their environment (in a social vacuum), to be investigated by psychologists who posses all the characteristics that are denied to their subjects.
		Likewise, Bakan (1965) argues that the mystery-mastery complex in psychology forces a conception of hollowness upon the individual - the concept of an "empty organism".
		Of course, this is not the only way that psychology is being practiced, in spite of the fact that the identity of the discipline of psychology is mostly determined by the psychological practices of the mainstream - knowledge by consensus (Kuhn, 1970).
	www.sfu.ca /~wwwpsyb/issues/1995/summer/ziabakhsh.htm (3751 words)

	From Somnambulism to the Archetypes - The French Roots of Jung's Split With Freud
		The emotional "tone" of a complex invariably brings about hesitations and "mistakes" in the style of what Freud called "the psychopathology of everyday life." But there is nothing to indicate that sexuality determines all complexes or lurks "latently" behind the "manifest" responses of the patient.
		Complexes are autonomous groups of associations that have a tendency to move by themselves, to live their own life apart from our intentions.
		In his Psychology of the Transference (1946), he interprets a series of alchemical woodcuts in which a queen and king (the analyst's anima and the analysand's animus) dissolve together in the alchemical bath.
	www.jrhaule.net /somn-atps.html (8195 words)

	A.R. Luria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In line with Marx and Lenin, Soviet psychology maintains that consciousness is the highest form of reflection of reality; it is, moreover, not given in advance, unchanging and passive, but shaped by activity and used by human beings to orient themselves to their environment, not only in adapting to conditions but in restructuring them.
		In learning complex activities with objects, undergoing correction of their own behavior through social relations, and in mastering complex linguistic systems, children are invariably led to develop new motives and forms of conscious activity, and to pose new problems.
		This entire complex process, which is closely related to the incorporation of language into the child's mental life, results in a radical reorganization of the thinking that provides for the reflection of reality and the very processes of human activity.
	www.marxists.org /archive/luria/works/1976/problem.htm (5296 words)

	Webster - psychology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Psychology, the scientific study of the mind and human behavior, touches all aspects of our lives.
		Psychology is a rapidly growing field today, and psychologists work in a wide variety of jobs.
		The study of psychology prepares students for careers in psychotherapy and counseling, teaching and research, human resource management, marketing research, health care, rehabilitation, community relations, and independent consulting.
	www.webster.ac.at /academics/acadareas/psychology (311 words)

	Human Brain & Psyche
		Cognitive psychology is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the mind employing theories from artificial intelligence, philosophy, anthropology, and linguistics (Medlin and Ross, 1992).
		The complex systems model of the brain is an attempt to define the psyche as the overall evolutionary effect of macroscopic ordering parameters operating within the brain.
		Complex systems can possess properties that are completely irrelevant and meaningless for their components (Rosen, 1991; Mainzer, 1994; Peat, 1987).
	www.schuelers.com /chaos/chaos8.htm (6039 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - What is Psychology?
		Psychology lies at the intersection of many other different disciplines, including biology, medicine, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and artificial intelligence (AI).
		For example, neuropsychology is allied with biology, since the aim is to map different areas of the brain and explain how each underpins different brain functions like memory or language.
		What all these different approaches to psychology have in common is a desire to explain the behaviour of individuals based on the workings of the mind.
	www.bbc.co.uk /science/humanbody/mind/articles/psychology/what_is_psychology.shtml (452 words)

	Jungian Psychology
		The ego complex is somewhat different from other complexes in that the ego complex is the center of consciousness.
		The shadow part of the complex resides in the unconscious and consists of all those qualities not admitted to consciousnes, their having been excluded in the conscious development of the individual.
		Explaining that complexes touch on very sensitive areas of the patient’s psyche, areas he/she is hiding even from him/herself, Jung states: “In many cases the aroused complex is by no means approved by the patient, who even tries in every way to deny, or at least to weaken, the existence of the complex.
	roseholt.blogspot.com (17033 words)

	Transpersonal Psychology and the Paradigm of Complexity
		It is my belief that, while transpersonal psychology has already attained a level of considerable theoretical maturity, it would be greatly assisted in fulfilling its transdisciplinary promise were it to enter into ongoing dialogue with the paradigm of complexity as articulated by Morin.
		The complexification of psychology evident in the early transpersonal models of the psyche proposed by Myers, James, and Jung, received unexpected clinical-experiential confirmation in the 1950s and 60s through the pioneering psychedelic research of Stanislav Grof, one of the original founders of the transpersonal movement.
		The higher wavelengths of the spectrum, moreover, transcend psychology altogether, and it is to the world's philosophical and spiritual traditions that we must turn for indications of their nature (as Myers, James, Jung, and Grof, in their own way, also suggested).
	www.purifymind.com /TranspersonalPsy.htm (3776 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		To address this question, case studies of several complex systems will be identified, and the mechanisms that determine their behavior will be explored.
		The goals of the course are to: 1) give students an intuitive appreciation for the behavior of complex adaptive systems, 2) present the student with specific case studies of these systems, and 3) describe the formal underpinnings for the complex behavior of these systems.
		Complex adaptive systems typically operate far from optimally so that improvement is a continuing possibility.
	cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu /rgoldsto/courses/syll105.html (2204 words)

	Psychology Today: Baby Talk Hinders Learning
		A new study published in Cognitive Psychology suggests that speaking in complex sentences to young children may set a better example and improve their language skills.
		A study published in Cognitive Psychology suggests that speaking in complex sentences to young children may set a better example and improve their language skills.
		She found that children whose teachers used complex speech -- sentences with multiple nouns, verbs or clauses -- had higher language-comprehension skills.
	www.psychologytoday.com /articles/pto-20030505-000001.html (290 words)

	Southern Connecticut State University - Department of Psychology
		From the firing of neurons in the human brain to the complex web of personalities and behaviors within a multi-national corporation, psychology is a part of our every move, decision, and thought.
		Beyond that, psychology graduates are often strong candidates for careers in other fields that require an understanding of human behavior, like management, personnel, public relations, training, market research, product development, law, and journalism.
		These lead to a degree in psychology, psychology with a specialization in mental health, or psychology with a specialization in research.
	www.southernct.edu /departments/psychology (298 words)

	Complex - TheBestLinks.com - Atom, Chemistry, Complex number, Complex (chemistry), ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		In mathematics, a complex number is a number in the field of numbers which includes the real numbers and the imaginary numbers, of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i is the imaginary number equal to the square root of -1.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Complex.html (230 words)

	Day, Eric
		My interests primarily fall in the traditional areas of personnel psychology such as personnel assessment, predictor/criterion development, and training and development.
		Most of my research involves training and complex skill acquisition with an emphasis on observational learning and group-based training protocols.
		I also have a more general interest in small group dynamics, particularly in regard to predicting group performance and examining interventions that are designed to improve group decision-making.
	www.ou.edu /cas/psychology/people/fac/day.htm (477 words)

	The Psychology of Anorexia.
		I say "point out" rather than clarify, because this would be too complex of a subject to review, even if science had elucidated the subject, and it has barely established the most basic principles.
		In other words, there is a complex psychology which determines whether people eat or don't eat.
		The logic of biology indicates that correcting the psychology of eating should involve eating an optimum diet by nature's criteria, which of course means raw food.
	nov55.com /hea/anorex.html (1446 words)

	Psychology Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Students have the opportunity to explore the many dimensions of psychology to aid in their selection of a field of specialization.
		The Psychology program at Laurier is structured so as to ensure that students are exposed to the breadth of content that exists within the discipline while still permitting sufficient flexibility for students to pursue their own particular interests.
		An education in psychology is designed to provide students with insights into behaviour while at the same time providing them with the opportunity to develop skills which will be useful preparation for many career options.
	info.wlu.ca /~wwwpsych/public_html (160 words)

	Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Psychology: Evolutionary Psychology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Evolutionary Psychology: An Emerging Integrative Perspective within the Science and Practice of Psychology - A article on the theory and implications of this theory by Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair.
		Evolutionary Psychology Primer by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby - An invaluable primer written by two of the founders of the field.
		Psychology, Culture, and Evolution - Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics, links to cultural-historical psychology, and links to articles about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality.
	dmoz.org /Science/Social_Sciences/Psychology/Evolutionary_Psychology (1734 words)

	Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology: Inferiority complex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The term "inferiority complex" was coined in the 1920s by French psychologist Alfred Adler, a one-time follower of Sigmund Freud who became disenchanted with Freud's emphasis on the influence of unconscious factors as motivators in human behavior.
		While Adler subscribed to the notion that underlying motivations play a part in directing personality, he introduced the notion of "ego psychology" in an effort to give equal importance to the role of conscious factors in determining behavior.
		The opposite of inferiority complex, a superiority complex, can also result from the inevitable early feelings of inferiority, Adler believed.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0001/ai_2699000180/print (243 words)

	Oedipus Complex
		Oedipus complex, a concept used in psychoanalysis, is a child's unconscious desire for the exclusive love of the parent of the opposite sex.
		Freud believed that the Oedipus complex is a normal part of human psychological growth.
		According to Freud, the principal reason for the weakening of the complex in boys is the fear of punishment from the father.
	www.a2zpsychology.com /psychology_guide/oedipus_complex.htm (260 words)

	Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology: Oedipus complex
		In traditional Freudian psychoanalytical theory, the term Electra complex was used when these unconscious wishes were attributed to a young girl and centered around sexual involvement with her father and jealous rivalry with her mother.
		Contemporary psychology no longer distinguishes this complex by gender, and the Electra complex is included in the definition of the Oedipus complex.
		The Oedipus complex can, moreover, be developed to a greater or lesser strength, it can even be reversed; but it is a regular and very important factor in a child's mental life."
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0002/ai_2699000243 (466 words)

	Dynamical Psychology: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Complex Mental Processes
		Dynamical Psychology is a journal for the study of complex mental processes of all kinds.
		We are tentatively considering a return to paper format, and may at some point in the future seek a conventional publisher interested in issuing a quarterly paper version of Dynamical Psychology, running in parallel with the electronic version.
		This is to be understood as a transitional policy, which will be changed if DynaPsych adopts a mixed electronic/paper format, or if, over the next few years, electronic publishing becomes more "legitimate" in the eyes of the academic world.
	www.goertzel.org /dynapsyc/dynapsyc.html (764 words)

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