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Imaginary friend

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Imaginary friends (also known as pretend friends or invisible friends) are a psychological and social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than external physical reality. [1]

36 relations: Adolescence, Anxiety, Arcadia (The X-Files), Bicameralism (psychology), Conversation, Dexter's Laboratory, Egocentrism, Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Fear, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Friendship, Goal, Imagination, Interpersonal relationship, Journal of Early Adolescence, Journal of Research in Personality, La Trobe University, List of Dexter's Laboratory characters, Oxford University Press, Paracosm, Perception, Person, Phenomenon, Play (activity), Psychological resilience, Reality, Self-esteem, Social skills, Social support, Sociology, Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Superstition, The Journal of Positive Psychology, The X-Files, Theory of mind, Tulpa.

Adolescence

AdolescenceMacmillan Dictionary for Students Macmillan, Pan Ltd.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.

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Arcadia (The X-Files)

"Arcadia" is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files.

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Bicameralism (psychology)

Bicameralism (the condition of being divided into "two-chambers") is a hypothesis in psychology that argues that the human mind once operated in a state in which cognitive functions were divided between one part of the brain which appears to be "speaking", and a second part which listens and obeys — a bicameral mind.

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Conversation

Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people.

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Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory (commonly abbreviated as Dexter's Lab) is an American comic science fiction animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and is the first of the network's Cartoon Cartoons.

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Egocentrism

Egocentrism is the inability to differentiate between self and other.

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Eileen Kennedy-Moore

Eileen Kennedy-Moore is a Princeton, New Jersey-based clinical psychologist (lic #35SI00425400) and the author or co-author of books for parents, children, and mental health professionals.

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Fear

Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events.

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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network Studios.

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Friendship

Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people.

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Goal

A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envisions, plans and commits to achieve.

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Imagination

Imagination is the capacity to produce images, ideas and sensations in the mind without any immediate input of the senses (such as seeing or hearing).

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Interpersonal relationship

An interpersonal relationship is a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring.

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Journal of Early Adolescence

The Journal of Early Adolescence is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Psychology.

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Journal of Research in Personality

The Journal of Research in Personality is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of personality psychology, published by Elsevier.

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La Trobe University

La Trobe University is an Australian, multi-campus, public research university with its flagship campus located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora.

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List of Dexter's Laboratory characters

This is a list of characters who appeared on the American animated television series Dexter's Laboratory, which aired on Cartoon Network.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Paracosm

A paracosm is a detailed imaginary world.

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Perception

Perception (from the Latin perceptio) is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information, or the environment.

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Person

A person is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.

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Phenomenon

A phenomenon (Greek: φαινόμενον, phainómenon, from the verb phainein, to show, shine, appear, to be manifest or manifest itself, plural phenomena) is any thing which manifests itself.

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Play (activity)

In psychology and ethology, play is a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with recreational pleasure and enjoyment.

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Psychological resilience

Psychological resilience is the ability to successfully cope with a crisis and to return to pre-crisis status quickly.

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Reality

Reality is all of physical existence, as opposed to that which is merely imaginary.

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Self-esteem

Self-esteem reflects an individual's overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or her own worth.

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Social skills

A social skill is any competence facilitating interaction and communication with others where social rules and relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways.

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Social support

Social support is the perception and actuality that one is cared for, has assistance available from other people, and most popularly, that one is part of a supportive social network.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.

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Supernatural (U.S. TV series)

Supernatural is an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke.

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Superstition

Superstition is a pejorative term for any belief or practice that is considered irrational: for example, if it arises from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality, a positive belief in fate or magic, or fear of that which is unknown.

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The Journal of Positive Psychology

The Journal of Positive Psychology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering positive psychology, including measures of well-being such as life satisfaction, traits such as optimism, work life consequences of resilience, and methods to enhance positive psychological traits.

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The X-Files

The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter.

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Theory of mind

Theory of mind is the ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, emotions, knowledge, etc.—to oneself, and to others, and to understand that others have beliefs, desires, intentions, and perspectives that are different from one's own.

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Tulpa

Tulpa is a concept in mysticism and the paranormal of a being or object which is created through spiritual or mental powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_friend

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