General psychology

General psychology

Information concerning Psychology in general.

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Reasoning

Psychology; General psychology

The process of thinking in which conclusions are drawn from a set of facts; thinking directed toward a given goal or objective.

Chunking

Psychology; General psychology

The process of taking single items of information and recoding them on the basis of similarity or some other organising principle.

Cultural perspective

Psychology; General psychology

The psychological perspective that focuses on cross-cultural differences in the causes and consequences of behavior.

Libido

Psychology; General psychology

The psychic energy that drives individuals toward sensual pleasures of all types, especially sexual ones.

Autonomic nervous system (ANS)

Psychology; General psychology

The subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's involuntary motor responses by connecting the sensory receptors to the central nervous system (CNS) and the CNS to the smooth ...

Normal curve

Psychology; General psychology

The symmetrical curve that represents the distribution of scores on many psychological attributes; allows researchers to make judgments of how unusual an observation or result is.

Parasympathetic division

Psychology; General psychology

The subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that monitors the routine operation of the body's internal functions and conserves and restores body energy.