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General psychology

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General psychology

fixation

Psychology; General psychology

A state in which a person remains attached to objects or activities more appropriate for an earlier stage of psychosexual development.

consciousness

Psychology; General psychology

A state of awareness of internal events and of the external environment.

attention

Psychology; General psychology

A state of focused awareness on a subset of the available perceptual information.

correlation coefficient

Psychology; General psychology

A statistic that indicates the degree of relationship between two variables.

measure of central tendency

Psychology; General psychology

A statistic, such as a mean, median, or mode, that provides one score as representative of a set of observations.

measures of variability

Psychology; General psychology

A statistic, such as a range or standard deviation, that indicates how tightly the scores in a set of observations cluster together.

heritability estimate

Psychology; General psychology

A statistical estimate of the degree of inheritance of a given trait or behavior, assessed by the degree of similarity between individuals who vary in their extent of genetic similarity.

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