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General psychology

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General psychology

chunking

Psychology; General psychology

The process of taking single items of information and recoding them on the basis of similarity or some other organizing principle.

reasoning

Psychology; General psychology

The process of thinking in which conclusions are drawn from a set of facts; thinking directed toward a given goal or objective.

perception

Psychology; General psychology

The processes that organize information in the sensory image and interpret it as having been produced by properties of objects or events in the external, three-dimensional world.

perceptual organization

Psychology; General psychology

The processes that put sensory information together to give the perception of a coherent scene over the whole visual field.

libido

Psychology; General psychology

The psychic energy that drives individuals toward sensual pleasures of all types, especially sexual ones.

dream analysis

Psychology; General psychology

The psychoanalytic interpretation of dreams used to gain insight into a person's unconscious motives or conflicts.

psychological dependence

Psychology; General psychology

The psychological need or craving for a drug.

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