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General psychology
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phonemes
Psychology; General psychology
Minimal units of speech in any given language that make a meaningful difference in speech production and reception; r and l are two distinct phonemes in English but variations of one in Japanese.
chronological age
Psychology; General psychology
The number of months or years since an individual's birth.
phenotype
Psychology; General psychology
The observable characteristics of an organism, resulting from the interaction between the organism's genotype and its environment.
consistency paradox
Psychology; General psychology
The observation that personality ratings across time and among different observers are consistent, while behavior ratings across situations are not consistent.
proximal stimulus
Psychology; General psychology
The optical image on the retina; contrasted with the distal stimulus, the physical object in the world.
dispositional variables
Psychology; General psychology
The organismic variables, or inner determinants of behavior, that occur within human and nonhuman animals.
