Psychology Glossary

A self-help recovery program that guides people through 12 steps to overcome addiction. It began in 1935 with AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and is now used worldwide.

A way of healthily managing the fear that your success is just luck and that others will eventually see through you.

Virtual Reality Therapy uses VR technology to conduct psychological treatment in a safe, controlled environment. It helps people gradually overcome phobias, post-traumatic stress, and other challenges within a virtual setting.

Parole psychology is a field that studies and supports the psychological factors involved in parole decisions and the process of reintegrating into society afterward.

Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that causes someone to doubt their own experiences, memories, and judgment.

The availability heuristic is the tendency to judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples come to mind. Vivid or recent events feel more common than they actually are.