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Psychologists

Biographical requests have their own page at Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Biography/By_profession#Psychologists. Please add all psychologists there; this includes people who work in psychology, not just counsellors.

Animal bridegroom and Animal groom in folklore as redirects to Animal as Bridegroom.

AuDHD (autism alongside ADHD); currently a redirect, but merits its own article. Some sources: Embrace Autism, Trinity College Dublin, London Psychiatry Clinic

backhanded advice – advice that is designed to instill fear, anger, frustration, pain, sympathy, guilt, or obligation into the targeted person; the adviser uses a mix of words, tone of voice, and body language to accomplish their goal. See redirects Backhanded complement and Backhanded apology.
bipartisan disease
Blake's Cherubim – See
Bril Scale and Bril (unit) – see

closing ranks
Co-depression, depression in relationships - See contagious depression
cognitive drift - term has many references in psychological literature. Introduced into zeitgeist by the book SuperFreakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Cognitive ease
cognitive-expectancy theory
cognitive-remediation theory
~~cognitive structure~~ – term may have multiple meanings; possible college course description at ; used in artificial intelligence research ; description ; term used here
Comprehensive Psychology - Open Access journal by Ammons Scientific ( publishing empirical, applied, and theoretical articles
~~Compulsive foreign language syndrome "a rare condition in which someone begins speaking a foreign language after suffering head trauma". Sources: , , paywalled: )~~
dispossession of consciousness
The Disruptors documentary : PSA on TV links to UpsideOfADHD.org ("There is an UPSIDE of ADHD."), which links to https://disruptorsfilm.com/ which includes "But what if having an ADHD brain is actually an asset?" Image at top of website indicates documentary has won 3 awards with one of the awards getting included at IMDb The Disruptors's page
DOPE Bird 4 Personality Types^[1]
Death Transcendence Scale – A 25-item self-administered scale based on the premise that "death is transcended through identification with phenomena more enduring than oneself." VandeCreek, L., & Nye, C. (1993). Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 32(3),279-283.^[2] ^[3]

human dynamics (psychology) – personality theory by Sandra Seagal and David Horne (scholar); at 2012-02-18, human dynamics is article on "a new branch of complex systems research in statistical physics"
Idiocentrism - see Allocentrism versus Idiocentrism
Imagery rehearsal therapy, a treatment for nightmare disorders (Special:WhatLinksHere/Imagery rehearsal therapy)
International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) (Created in 1986, the IOCDF is a US-based non-profit organization for obsessive compulsive disorder and related disorders, such as hoarding disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and tic disorders. It has spread awareness, trained clinicians, funded research, provided educational content, created conferences, awareness walks, and programming, and connected with patients, clinicians, researchers, and the media around the world to provide help, healing, hope, and destigmatization for OCD and related disorders. Arabic Wikipedia page exists at https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9 and can be translated into English and expanded.) (https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/11/health/ocd-explainer-wellness/index.html https://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2016/06/baylor-prof-uses-her-ocd-journey-to-inspire-others-battling-mental-illness/

Moral Self-Awareness Theory - a four-stage evolving mindset of moral identity based on the impacts (positive or negative) on others or society that one’s actions may effect.

p factor (psychopathology)^[4] (note: It currently links to psychopathology, which already has a burgeoning section on it. I believe the source I gave proves that it can be expanded and spun into its own article.)
Pragmatic reasoning schema theory - a theory from psychology / cognitive science, relating to a specific aspect of human cognition. (https://dictionary.apa.org/pragmatic-reasoning-schema-theory)
Prevalence-induced concept change (The phenomenon where the threshold for identifying a certain category or phenomenon gradually shifts as instances of that category become less frequent. As the prevalence of the category decreases, our definitions and criteria for identifying it expand, leading to a broader concept that encompasses a wider range of instances. This concept change can result in a persistent perception of a problem or issue even when it diminishes in reality.) ()
~~sentimental value~~
shared dream
social referencing (cf. Soziales Referenzieren and Social cue)
skill fade
state of being lost
strength-deployment inventory – see Elias Porter, Ph.D.
~~Subjective Workload Assessment Technique (SWAT)~~
Sunshine Effect or Effect of sunshine on mood. A potential point of interest might be the debated effect of sunshine on stockmarket sentiment.
Sylvan contemplation
sympathy illness or sympathy pain or sympathy sickness – redirect all into one, perhaps the scientific name if it has one

task cohesion
task paralysis
transageism - Mentioned in the article Peter Pan syndrome, but has no article of its own
transdiagnostic unified protocol
transfer psychology
transpersonal caring theory - by Jean Watson. There's a subheading under Jean Watson, however it has very limited information.
Turning round upon the subject's own self - Commonly referred to simply as turning around, a defence mechanism introduced in Sigmund Freud's Instincts and their Vicissitudes. In Anna Freud's The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence, it is referred to as turning against the self.
Work It Outs × Soulmate Believers
Zeitgaber – as related to social intelligence; see Daniel Goleman's work