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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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General psychology
behaviorism
Psychology; General psychology
A scientific approach that limits the study of psychology to measurable or observable behavior.
biofeedback
Psychology; General psychology
A self-regulatory technique by which an individual acquires voluntary control over nonconscious biological processes.
personality inventory
Psychology; General psychology
A self-report questionnaire used for personality assessment that includes a series of items about personal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
fight-or-flight response
Psychology; General psychology
A sequence of internal activities triggered when an organism is faced with a threat; prepares the body for combat and struggle or for running away to safety; recent evidence suggests that the ...
standardization
Psychology; General psychology
A set of uniform procedures for treating each participant in a test, interview, or experiment or for recording data.
belief-bias effect
Psychology; General psychology
A situation that occurs when a person's prior knowledge, attitudes, or values distort the reasoning process by influencing the person to accept invalid arguments.
tolerance
Psychology; General psychology
A situation that occurs with continued use of a drug in which an individual requires greater dosages to achieve the same effect.
