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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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variable
Psychology; General psychology
In an experimental setting, a factor that varies in amount and kind.
dependent variable
Psychology; General psychology
In an experimental setting, any variable whose values are the results of changes in one or more independent variables.
mental age
Psychology; General psychology
In Binet's measure of intelligence, the age at which a child is performing intellectually, expressed in terms of the average “age at which normal children achieve a particular ...
conditioned stimulus (CS)
Psychology; General psychology
In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response.
conditioned response (CR)
Psychology; General psychology
In classical conditioning, a response elicited by some previously neutral stimulus that occurs as a result of pairing the neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
conditioned reinforcers
Psychology; General psychology
In classical conditioning, formerly neutral stimuli that have become reinforcers.
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- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)