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  2. Value theory - Wikipedia

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    Value theory is the systematic study of values.Also called axiology, it examines the nature, sources, and types of values.As a branch of philosophy, it has interdisciplinary applications in fields such as economics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology.

  3. Psychoanalytic literary criticism - Wikipedia

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    According to Ousby, 'Among modern critical uses of psychoanalysis is the development of "ego psychology" in the work of Norman Holland, who concentrates on the relations between reader and text' [14] – as with reader response criticism. Rollin writes that 'Holland's experiments in reader response theory suggest that we all read literature ...

  4. Sensation seeking - Wikipedia

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    Sensation seeking is a personality trait defined by the search for experiences and feelings, that are "varied, novel, rich and intense", and by the readiness to "take physical, social, legal, and financial risks for the sake of such experiences."

  5. Theory of basic human values - Wikipedia

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    Circle chart of values in the theory of basic human values [1] The theory of basic human values is a theory of cross-cultural psychology and universal values developed by Shalom H. Schwartz. The theory extends previous cross-cultural communication frameworks such as Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory. Schwartz identifies ten basic human ...

  6. Psychological Types - Wikipedia

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    Psychological Types (German: Psychologische Typen) is a book by Carl Jung that was originally published in German by Rascher Verlag in 1921, [1] and translated into English in 1923, becoming volume 6 of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung.

  7. Psychological fiction - Wikipedia

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    The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki, written in 11th-century Japan, was considered by Jorge Luis Borges to be a psychological novel. [4] French theorists Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, in A Thousand Plateaus, evaluated the 12th-century Arthurian author Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart and Perceval, the Story of the Grail as early examples of the style of the ...

  8. Sentience - Wikipedia

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    Water, for example, is a sentient being of the first order, as it is considered to possess only one sense, that of touch. [22] Sentience in Buddhism is the state of having senses. In Buddhism, there are six senses, the sixth being the subjective experience of the mind. Sentience is simply awareness prior to the arising of Skandha. Thus, an ...

  9. Sensationalism - Wikipedia

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    Sensationalism was used in books of the 16th and 17th century, to teach moral lessons. According to Stephens, sensationalism brought the news to a new audience when it became aimed at the lower class, who had less of a need to accurately understand politics and the economy, to occupy them in other matters. Through sensationalism, he claims, the ...