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defectology

n. in Russian psychology, the field concerned with the education of children with sensory, physical, cognitive, or neurological impairment. It is roughly equivalent to special education and school psychology in the United States. It is based on the view that the primary problem of a disability is not the organic impairment itself but its social implications. [originally defined by Lev Vygotsky]

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January 31st 2025

centralist psychology

centralist psychology

1. a psychological approach that focuses on behavior as a function of the higher brain centers, as opposed to peripheralist psychology (see peripheralism), which focuses on the effects of the receptors, glands, and muscles on behavior. Centralist psychology is essentially equivalent to centralism.

2. more generally, the idea that mental activity or mind occurs in or is a function of the brain alone.