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General psychology

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General psychology

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Psychology; General psychology

Judgments about the causes of outcomes.

operant conditioning

Psychology; General psychology

Learning in which the probability of a response is changed by a change in its consequences.

pituitary gland

Psychology; General psychology

Located in the brain, the gland that secretes growth hormone and influences the secretion of hormones by other endocrine glands.

episodic memories

Psychology; General psychology

Long-term memories for autobiographical events and the contexts in which they occurred.

hierarchy of needs

Psychology; General psychology

Maslow's view that basic human motives form a hierarchy and that the needs at each level of the hierarchy must be satisfied before the next level can be achieved; these needs progress from basic ...

preconscious memories

Psychology; General psychology

Memories that are not currently conscious but that can easily be called into consciousness when necessary.

procedural memory

Psychology; General psychology

Memory for how things get done; the way perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills are acquired, retained, and used.

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