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General psychology
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Primary reinforcers
Psychology; General psychology
Biologically determined reinforcers such as food and water.
Distal stimulus
Psychology; General psychology
In the processes of perception, the physical object in the world, as contrasted with the proximal stimulus, the optical image on the retina.
Dream work
Psychology; General psychology
In Freudian dream analysis, the process by which the internal censor transforms the latent content of a dream into manifest content.
Priming
Psychology; General psychology
In the assessment of implicit memory, the advantage conferred by prior exposure to a word or situation.
Manifest content
Psychology; General psychology
In Freudian dream analysis, the surface content of a dream, which is assumed to mask the dream's actual meaning.
Life-change units (LCUs)
Psychology; General psychology
In stress research, the measure of the stress levels of different types of change experienced during a given period.
Schedules of reinforcement
Psychology; General psychology
In operant conditioning, the patterns of delivering and withholding reinforcement.
