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content psychology

an approach to psychology that is concerned with the role of conscious experience and the content of that experience. The term is mainly applied to early structuralism. Compare act psychology.

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March 16th 2025

surrogate

surrogate

n.

1. a person or object that substitutes for the role of an individual who has a significant position in a family or group. See father surrogate; mother surrogate.

2. more generally, any person or entity that substitutes for another.