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availability heuristic

Psychology; General psychology

A judgment based on the information readily available in memory.

law of common fate

Psychology; General psychology

A law of grouping that states that elements moving in the same direction at the same rate are grouped together.

law of similarity

Psychology; General psychology

A law of grouping that states that the most similar elements are grouped together.

law of proximity

Psychology; General psychology

A law of grouping that states that the nearest, or most proximal, elements are grouped together.

prejudice

Psychology; General psychology

A learned attitude toward a target object, involving negative affect (dislike or fear), negative beliefs (stereotypes) that justify the attitude, and a behavioral intention to avoid, control, ...

internal consistency

Psychology; General psychology

A measure of reliability; the degree to which a test yields similar scores across its different parts, such as on odd versus even items.

split-half reliability

Psychology; General psychology

A measure of the correlation between test takers' performance on different halves (e.g., odd- and even-numbered items) of a test.

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