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General psychology

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Object permanence

Psychology; General psychology

The recognition that objects exist independently of an individual's action or awareness; an important cognitive acquisition of infancy.

Spontaneous recovery

Psychology; General psychology

The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a rest period.

Pons

Psychology; General psychology

The region of the brain stem that connects the spinal cord with the brain and links parts of the brain to one another.

Cerebrum

Psychology; General psychology

The region of the brain that regulates higher cognitive and emotional functions.

Medulla

Psychology; General psychology

The region of the brain stem that regulates breathing, waking, and heartbeat.

Personality disorder

Psychology; General psychology

A chronic, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of perceiving, thinking, and behaving that seriously impairs an individual's ability to function in social or other settings.

Serial position effect

Psychology; General psychology

A characteristic of memory retrieval in which the recall of beginning and end items on a list is often better than recall of items appearing in the middle.

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