General psychology

General psychology

Information concerning Psychology in general.

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primacy effect

Psychology; General psychology

Improved memory for items at the start of a list.

variable

Psychology; General psychology

In an experimental setting, a factor that varies in amount and kind.

dependent variable

Psychology; General psychology

In an experimental setting, any variable whose values are the results of changes in one or more independent variables.

mental age

Psychology; General psychology

In Binet's measure of intelligence, the age at which a child is performing intellectually, expressed in terms of the average “age at which normal children achieve a particular score.

conditioned stimulus (CS)

Psychology; General psychology

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response.

conditioned response (CR)

Psychology; General psychology

In classical conditioning, a response elicited by some previously neutral stimulus that occurs as a result of pairing the neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.