Psychology

Psychology

The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.

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phi phenomenon

Psychology; General psychology

The simplest form of apparent motion, the movement illusion in which one or more stationary lights going on and off in succession are perceived as a single moving light.

zygote

Psychology; General psychology

The single cell that results when a sperm fertilizes an egg.

cutaneous senses

Psychology; General psychology

The skin senses that register sensations of pressure, warmth, and cold.

just noticeable difference (JND)

Psychology; General psychology

The smallest difference between two sensations that allows them to be discriminated.

difference threshold

Psychology; General psychology

The smallest physical difference between two stimuli that can still be recognized as a difference; operationally defined as the point at which the stimuli are recognized as ...

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, ...