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In 1936 Hans Selye developed his theory of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS), which is a stress model that explains the body's physiological response to stress. These stress responses are divided into...

A one-tailed hypothesis is directional, meaning that you expect your results to turn out a specific way. When constructing a one-tailed hypothesis, you are predicting the effect the independent variable w...

The biological approach to psychology shows us as a product of our genetics. It also focuses on physiology, including the way the brain works, hormones and the nervous system.

There are two main learning processes, operant conditioning and classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is a learning process where the frequency of a certain behaviour is modified according to the b...

The fundamental difference between conformity and compliance is that compliance involves people going along with an explicit request, whereas conformity involves people adhering to 'unspoken rules'. We co...