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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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Cutaneous senses
Psychology; General psychology
The skin senses that register sensations of pressure, warmth, and cold.
Acquisition
Psychology; General psychology
The initial stage of the learning or conditioning process. In this stage, some response is being associated with some stimulus to the point where we can say the organism (person, animal, etc.) has ...
Difference threshold
Psychology; General psychology
The smallest physical difference between two stimuli that can still be recognised as a difference; operationally defined as the point at which the stimuli are recognised as different half of the ...
Structuralism
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the structure of mind and behavior; the view that all human mental experience can be understood as a combination of simple elements or events.
Just noticeable difference (JND)
Psychology; General psychology
The smallest difference between two sensations that allows them to be discriminated.
Cognitive psychology
Psychology; General psychology
The study of higher mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, and thinking.
Psychophysics
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the correspondence between physical stimulation and psychological experience.
