General psychology

General psychology

Information concerning Psychology in general.

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decision aversion

Psychology; General psychology

The tendency to avoid decision making; the tougher the decision, the greater the likelihood of decision aversion.

lightness constancy

Psychology; General psychology

The tendency to perceive the whiteness, grayness, or blackness of objects as constant across changing levels of illumination.

mental set

Psychology; General psychology

The tendency to respond to a new problem in the manner used to respond to a previous problem.

client

Psychology; General psychology

The term used by clinicians who think of psychological disorders as problems in living, and not as mental illnesses, to describe those being treated.

patient

Psychology; General psychology

The term used by those who take a biomedical approach to the treatment of psychological problems to describe the person being treated.

frequency theory

Psychology; General psychology

The theory that a tone produces a rate of vibration in the basilar membrane equal to its frequency, with the result that pitch can be coded by the frequency of the neural response.

opponent-process theory

Psychology; General psychology

The theory that all color experiences arise from three systems, each of which includes two “opponent” elements (red versus green, blue versus yellow, and black versus white).