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General psychology
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Retrieval cues
Psychology; General psychology
Internally or externally generated stimuli available to help with the retrieval of a memory.
Drives
Psychology; General psychology
Internal states that arise in response to a disequilibrium in an animal's physiological needs.
Operant conditioning
Psychology; General psychology
Learning in which the probability of a response is changed by a change in its consequences.
Health promotion
Psychology; General psychology
Preventive activities that identify real and potential health risks in the work environment and that inform, motivate, and otherwise help people to adopt and maintain healthy practises and ...
Convergence
Psychology; General psychology
The degree to which the eyes turn inward to fixate on an object.
Sensation
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which stimulation of a sensory receptor gives rise to neural impulses that result in an experience, or awareness of, conditions inside or outside the body.
Self-handicapping
Psychology; General psychology
The process of developing, in anticipation of failure, behavioural reactions and explanations that minimise ability deficits as possible attributions for the failure.