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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.

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