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KembaraXtra-Psychology - apperception
The process by which new sensory information is interpreted and understood by integrating it with prior knowledge, experience, and mental frameworks.
The process by which new sensory information is interpreted and understood by integrating it with prior knowledge, experience, and mental frameworks.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - appeasement behaviour
Submissive actions displayed by animals to reduce aggression from a dominant or hostile individual, serving an adaptive social function.
Submissive actions displayed by animals to reduce aggression from a dominant or hostile individual, serving an adaptive social function.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - apparent movement
A perceptual illusion in which motion is experienced despite the absence of actual movement, underlying phenomena such as cinema, animation, and illuminated signage.
A perceptual illusion in which motion is experienced despite the absence of actual movement, underlying phenomena such as cinema, animation, and illuminated signage.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - apotemnophilia
A rare paraphilia involving sexual arousal linked to the desire for amputation of one’s own limb, now more commonly referred to as xenomelia.
A rare paraphilia involving sexual arousal linked to the desire for amputation of one’s own limb, now more commonly referred to as xenomelia.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - apostrophe
A rhetorical device involving direct address to an absent person, abstract concept, or inanimate object, or a punctuation mark indicating omission or possession.
A rhetorical device involving direct address to an absent person, abstract concept, or inanimate object, or a punctuation mark indicating omission or possession.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - a posteriori test
A statistical comparison planned after data inspection rather than in advance, requiring correction to avoid inflated error rates.
A statistical comparison planned after data inspection rather than in advance, requiring correction to avoid inflated error rates.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - a posteriori
Describing knowledge, reasoning, or propositions derived from observation and experience rather than logical deduction alone.
Describing knowledge, reasoning, or propositions derived from observation and experience rather than logical deduction alone.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - apostatic selection
A form of frequency-dependent natural selection in which predators preferentially target the most common variant of prey, promoting diversity within populations.
A form of frequency-dependent natural selection in which predators preferentially target the most common variant of prey, promoting diversity within populations.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - anterior prefrontal cortex
The most forward region of the frontal lobes, associated with complex cognitive processes such as long-term planning, abstract reasoning, multitasking, and future-oriented decision-making.
The most forward region of the frontal lobes, associated with complex cognitive processes such as long-term planning, abstract reasoning, multitasking, and future-oriented decision-making.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - anterior pituitary
The front lobe of the pituitary gland that secretes trophic hormones regulating growth, metabolism, reproduction, and the activity of other endocrine glands, functioning under the control of the hypothalamus.
The front lobe of the pituitary gland that secretes trophic hormones regulating growth, metabolism, reproduction, and the activity of other endocrine glands, functioning under the control of the hypothalamus.
