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General psychology
Information concerning Psychology in general.
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meta-analysis
Psychology; General psychology
A statistical technique for evaluating hypotheses by providing a formal mechanism for detecting the general conclusions found in data from many different experiments.
algorithm
Psychology; General psychology
A step-by-step procedure that always provides the right answer for a particular type of problem.
confounding variable
Psychology; General psychology
A stimulus other than the variable an experimenter explicitly introduces into a research setting that affects a participant's behavior.
psychoactive drugs
Psychology; General psychology
Chemicals that affect mental processes and behavior by temporarily changing conscious awareness of reality.
sex chromosomes
Psychology; General psychology
Chromosomes that contain the genes that code for the development of male or female characteristics.
countertransference
Psychology; General psychology
Circumstances in which a psychoanalyst develops personal feelings about a client because of perceived similarity of the client to significant people in the therapist's life.
jigsaw classrooms
Psychology; General psychology
Classrooms that use a technique known as jigsawing, in which each pupil is given part of the total material to master and then share with other group members.
