Psychology Glossary: L Index

Laissez-faire leadership, also known as delegative leadership, is a type of leadership style in which leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions...

According to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, the latent content of a dream is the hidden psychological meaning of the dream...

The latent period is a stage of psychosexual development during which the libido is suppressed.

According to the law of effect, responses followed by satisfaction are more likely to reoccur in the future.

Learned helplessness occurs when an animal is repeatedly subjected to an aversive stimulus that it cannot escape. Eventually, the animal will stop trying to avoid the stimulus and behave as if it is utterly helpless to change the situation...

Learning is a lasting change in behavior that results from experience.

A term used by in psychoanalytic theory to describe the energy created by the survival and sexual instincts...

Likert scales are often used in psychology questionnaires and typically involve offering a response that ranges from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

The limbic system is an important group of structures associated with drives and memory.

Longitudinal research involves conducting a study over a period of time, sometimes for months or even years.

Long-term memory refers to the continuing storage of information. Learn more about the duration and types of long-term memory...