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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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Inferences
Psychology; General psychology
Missing information filled in on the basis of a sample of evidence or on the basis of prior beliefs and theories.
Figure
Psychology; General psychology
Object-like regions of the visual field that are distinguished from background.
Concepts
Psychology; General psychology
Mental representations of kinds or categories of items or ideas.
Parietal lobe
Psychology; General psychology
Region of the brain behind the frontal lobe and above the lateral fissure; contains somatosensory cortex.
Frontal lobe
Psychology; General psychology
Region of the brain located above the lateral fissure and in front of the central sulcus; involved in motor control and cognitive activities.
Think-aloud protocols
Psychology; General psychology
Reports made by experimental participants of the mental processes and strategies they use while working on a task.
Experimental methods
Psychology; General psychology
Research methodologies that involve the manipulation of independent variables in order to determine their effects on the dependent variables.
