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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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General psychology
Projective test
Psychology; General psychology
A method of personality assessment in which an individual is presented with a standardised set of ambiguous, abstract stimuli and asked to interpret their meanings; the individual's responses are ...
Working memory
Psychology; General psychology
A memory resource that is used to accomplish tasks such as reasoning and language comprehension; consists of the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and central executive.
Clinical social worker
Psychology; General psychology
A mental health professional whose specialised training prepares him or her to consider the social context of people's problems.
Basilar membrane
Psychology; General psychology
A membrane in the cochlea that, when set into motion, stimulates hair cells that produce the neural effects of auditory stimulation.
Recognition
Psychology; General psychology
A method of retrieval in which an individual is required to identify stimuli as having been experienced before.
Interference
Psychology; General psychology
A memory phenomenon that occurs when retrieval cues do not point effectively to one specific memory.
Recall
Psychology; General psychology
A method of retrieval in which an individual is required to reproduce the information previously presented.
