General psychology

General psychology

Information concerning Psychology in general.

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foot-in-the-door technique

Psychology; General psychology

A technique to increase the chance an individual complies with a request. First, the requester offers a small or trivial request. After the respondent agrees, the respondent will be more likely to ...

mere-exposure effect

Psychology; General psychology

The tendency for new stimuli to be more well-liked or favored after being repeatedly exposed. This effect is also sometimes called the familiarity principle.

psycholinguistics

Psychology; General psychology

The study of the different cognitive and psychological factors that humans use in acquiring, learning, comprehending, and producing language.

valence effect

Psychology; General psychology

The tendency for people to overestimate the likelihood of good things happening. In one study on the valence effect, participants assigned a higher probability to picking a card with a smiling face ...

Phineas Gage

Psychology; General psychology

An American railroad worker who had a large iron rod driven through his head during an railroad accident. The rod entered the left side of his face and exited out the top of his head, destroying much ...

constructivism

Psychology; General psychology

The theory that people construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences or existing knowledge. When people encounter something new, they may have to change previous ideas or discard irrelevant ...

ganzfeld experiment

Psychology; General psychology

A technique using the ganzfeld effect to test individuals for extrasensory perception (ESP). In the experiment, the participant is placed in a room in a comfortable chair, halved ping-pong balls over ...