Assessment | Biopsychology | Comparative | Cognitive | Developmental | Language | Individual differences | Personality | Philosophy | Social |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |

Cognitive Psychology: Attention · Learning · Memory · Motivation · Perception · Thinking

Disillusionment refers to a feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be. Often, disillusionment is much more severe and traumatic than common disappointment, especially when a belief central to one's identity is shown to be false.