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General psychology
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General psychology
formal assessment
Psychology; General psychology
The systematic procedures and measurement instruments used by trained professionals to assess an individual's functioning, aptitudes, abilities, or mental states.
response bias
Psychology; General psychology
The systematic tendency as a result of nonsensory factors for an observer to favor responding in a particular way.
behavior modification
Psychology; General psychology
The systematic use of principles of learning to increase the frequency of desired behaviors and/or decrease the frequency of problem behaviors.
group polarization
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the decisions that would be made by the members acting alone.
instinctual drift
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency for learned behavior to drift toward instinctual behavior over time.
conformity
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency for people to adopt the behaviors, attitudes, and values of other members of a reference group.
groupthink
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency of a decision-making group to filter out undesirable input so that a consensus may be reached, especially if it is in line with the leader's viewpoint.
