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A child living in poverty in de-industrialized Utica, NY symbolizes the socio-economic causes and consequences of poverty.
Understanding Poverty and Its Various Types
What Is Naturalistic Observation? Definition and Examples
What Is Ethnomusicology? Definition, History, and Methods
  • Bird's Eye View of Tenochtitlan in 1519 (Reconstruction, National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico City)
    Anthropology vs. Sociology: What's the Difference?
  • An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • Franz Boaz
    Franz Boas, Father of American Anthropology
  • White, organized dishes in a cabinet
    The Psychology of Compulsive Behavior
  • French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss
    Biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Anthropologist and Social Scientist
  • Inside Alcatraz Prison - Row of Bars and Cells
    What Is Structural Violence?
  • Man hiding behind plant
    What "Introvert" and "Extrovert" Really Mean
  • Five white doors in a row, representing five options in the decision-making process
    Status Quo Bias: What It Means and How It Affects Your Behavior
  • A portrait of an Arikara man published in Volume V of The North American Indian (1909) by Edward S. Curtis.
    An Introduction to Visual Anthropology
  • Vivid color photograph of an Indian woman dancing, covered in paint against a blue background.
    So What Is Culture, Exactly?
  • Double exposure
    The Capgras Delusion
  • Group of customers socializing at diner counter
    The Concept of Social Structure in Sociology
  • An illustration of memories going into a brain
    Understanding Hyperthymesia: Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
  • A woman eats a burger, demonstrating the act of consumption. To sociologists, there's much more to consumption than the simple act of taking in or using up resources.
    How Do Sociologists Define Consumption?
  • Girl writing in notebook
    An Introduction to the Flynn Effect
  • What Are Health Disparities?
  • Illustrated series of various medical interactions and procedures
    An Introduction to Medical Anthropology
  • Boy wearing over sized glasses looking at molecular model.
    What Is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
  • Cropped shot of an unrecognizable person filling in a questionnaire
    Likert Scale: What Is It and How to Use It?
  • What Is Critical Race Theory? Definition, Principles, and Applications
  • Collage of business people's faces in crystal ball
    What Is Demographics? Definition, Usage, Examples in Advertising
  • Information Processing Theory: Definition and Examples
  • A one year old tomcat is playing in a cardboard box.
    What Is the Law of Effect in Psychology?
  • Woman looking confused.
    Proactive and Retroactive Interference: Definition and Examples
  • A drawing of silhouettes of people forming a crowd, on a beige background.
    What Is Deindividuation in Psychology? Definition and Examples
  • Portrait of a young girl with a big smile throwing confetti in the air, isolated on pink studio background
    What's the Difference Between Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness?
  • Elderly couple enjoying spending time together.
    What Is Socioemotional Selectivity Theory?
  • Silhouette of woman in lotus position sitting in sea and medditating
    What Is Mindfulness in Psychology?
  • Man Holding Different Photographs of Himself
    Myers-Briggs Personality Types: Definitions and Examples
  • A man in an art gallery looks at abstract art.
    What Is the Mere Exposure Effect in Psychology?
  • Businesswomen working in modern office
    What Is a Flow State in Psychology?
  • Girl drawing smiley face on to a wall
    What Is Positive Psychology?
  • Two teams, one wearing red shirts and one wearing yellow shirts, compete in a game of tug of war.
    What Was the Robbers Cave Experiment in Psychology?
  • France, Paris, couple holding hands at river Seine
    Adult Attachment Styles: Definitions and Impact on Relationships
  • Elementary school girl building a rainbow structure
    The Montessori Method and Sensitive Periods for Learning
  • Girl looking up while covering ears
    What Is Belief Perseverance? Definition and Examples
  • A close-up of a group of people who are standing in a semi-circle and have placed their outstretched hands on top of each other.
    What Is the Contact Hypothesis in Psychology?
  • Mother Holding Baby Boy
    What Is Attachment Theory? Definition and Stages
  • Student sitting at desk in bedroom looking at phone
    What Is the Premack Principle? Definition and Examples
  • Waiter serving food to friends in restaurant
    What Is the Zeigarnik Effect? Definition and Examples
  • An abstract image of a brain
    What Is the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion? Definition and Overview
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    What Is Narrative Therapy? Definition and Techniques
  • Five bicyclists compete in a race.
    What Is Social Facilitation? Definition and Examples
  • Heads of two people with colorful shapes of abstract brain
    What Is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)?
  • Psychotherapist Dr. Albert Ellis
    Biography of Albert Ellis, Creator of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
  • 1950's housework
    Gender Schema Theory Explained
  • Photographers taking photos.
    Flashbulb Memory: Definition and Examples
  • Young woman sleeping in her bed in the morning at home
    Dream Interpretation According to Psychology
  • Young boy roasting marshmallows with his mother
    The Marshmallow Test: Delayed Gratification in Children
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    What Is the Recency Effect in Psychology?
  • Human Head with Computer Folders
    What Is a Schema in Psychology? Definition and Examples
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    What Is Top-Down Processing? Definition and Examples
  • People on a roller coaster laugh and smile.
    What Is the James-Lange Theory of Emotion?
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