General psychology

General psychology

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Divergent thinking

Psychology; General psychology

An aspect of creativity characterised by an ability to produce unusual but appropriate responses to problems.

Bulimia nervosa

Psychology; General psychology

An eating disorder characterised by binge eating followed by measures to purge the body of the excess calories.

Weber's law

Psychology; General psychology

An assertion that the size of a difference threshold is proportional to the intensity of the standard stimulus.

Unconditioned response (UCR)

Psychology; General psychology

In classical conditioning, the response elicited by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training or learning.

Conditioned response (CR)

Psychology; General psychology

In classical conditioning, a response elicited by some previously neutral stimulus that occurs as a result of pairing the neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned reinforcers

Psychology; General psychology

In classical conditioning, formerly neutral stimuli that have become reinforcers.

Mental age

Psychology; General psychology

In Binet's measure of intelligence, the age at which a child is performing intellectually, expressed in terms of the average "age at which normal children achieve a particular score.