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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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operant conditioning
Psychology; General psychology
Learning in which the probability of a response is changed by a change in its consequences.
pituitary gland
Psychology; General psychology
Located in the brain, the gland that secretes growth hormone and influences the secretion of hormones by other endocrine glands.
episodic memories
Psychology; General psychology
Long-term memories for autobiographical events and the contexts in which they occurred.
hierarchy of needs
Psychology; General psychology
Maslow's view that basic human motives form a hierarchy and that the needs at each level of the hierarchy must be satisfied before the next level can be achieved; these needs ...
preconscious memories
Psychology; General psychology
Memories that are not currently conscious but that can easily be called into consciousness when necessary.
procedural memory
Psychology; General psychology
Memory for how things get done; the way perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills are acquired, retained, and used.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)