Psychological phenomena

Psychological phenomena are mental experiences, processes, and behaviors studied in psychology, including perception, emotion, memory, and social influence.

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Perception: The process by which sensory information is organized and interpreted. Perceptual processes shape how people experience the world.
Information processing: A framework that describes cognition as the acquisition, transformation, storage, and use of information. It models how inputs become memories, judgments, and actions.
Cognitive behavioral therapy: A psychotherapy that targets patterns of thought and behavior associated with distress. It applies psychological models to changing distress-maintaining patterns.
Psychophysics: The study of relations between physical stimuli and perceptual experience. It focuses on measurable stimulus-experience relations within psychology.
Attention: The selective allocation of mental resources to information or tasks. Attention determines which parts of experience receive processing.
Behaviorism: An approach to psychology that explains behavior through learning and environmental conditions. It emphasizes observable behavior rather than private mental experience.
Placebo effect: A change in symptoms following an inert treatment, shaped partly by expectation and context. Expectations can alter reported experience and measurable outcomes.
Neuroscience: The study of the nervous system, including its structure, function, and development. It explains mental activity through biological systems and methods.
Memory: The capacity to encode, retain, and retrieve information. Memory links present thought and behavior to past experience.
Cognitive behavioral model: A model linking thoughts, emotions, bodily responses, and behavior. It makes connections among psychological processes explicit.