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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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