act psychology
noun
The doctrine that consciousness should be analysed in terms of discrete mental acts and their relationship to external entities.
- Originally propounded by the German psychologist Franz Brentano (1838–1917), although he did not use an equivalent term..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in American Journal of Psychology.
- one-shot
- one-shotter
- one's humble abode
- one-sided
- one-sidedly
- one-sidedness
- onesie
- one-size-fits-all
- one's jaw drops
- one's life's work
- one's line of country
- one's luck is in
- one's mark
- one's money's worth
- one's name is mud
- one's nearest and dearest
- one's (or the) last gasp
- one's (own) flesh and blood
- one's (own) kind
- one's pound of flesh
- one's pride and joy
- one's salad days
- one's spiritual home
- one's star is rising
- one's strong point