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Psychology
The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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Psychology; General psychology
One or more morphemes combined according to specific rules • Most adults know more than 50,000 words.
Language
Psychology; General psychology
A system of communication using sounds or symbols that enables us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas, and experiences Unique properties of human language • Hierarchical: ...
Psycholinguistics
Psychology; General psychology
The psychological study of language • Comprehension: How do we understand spoken and written language? • Production: How do we produce speech and writing? • Representation: How ...
The McGurk effect
Psychology; General psychology
A perceptual phenomenon that demonstrates an interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception. The illusion occurs when the auditory component of one sound is paired ...
Phonemic restoration effect
Psychology; General psychology
• A phoneme in a spoken word in a sentence can be perceived even if it’s obscured by noise. • The “filling in” of the missing phoneme based on the context is an example of ...
Speech segmentation
Psychology; General psychology
The process of perceiving individual words in a continuous speech signal. • Aided by context and prior knowledge.
Neuroeconomics
Psychology; General psychology
A new approach to studying decision making which combines research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and economics.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)