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Psychology Terms - Acculturation
The process of integrating the ideas, beliefs, customs, values, and knowledge of a different culture through direct interaction, typically following migration.
The process of integrating the ideas, beliefs, customs, values, and knowledge of a different culture through direct interaction, typically following migration.
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Psychology Terms - acquired distinctiveness
A learnt differentiation or discrimination
between items that were previously indistinguishable, as when a person
attends a wine-tasting course and acquires the ability to discriminate wines
that previously tasted the same.
A learnt differentiation or discrimination
between items that were previously indistinguishable, as when a person
attends a wine-tasting course and acquires the ability to discriminate wines
that previously tasted the same.
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Psychology Terms - acquiescence response set
In psychometrics, a persistent inclination to reply affirmatively to yes/no questionnaire items, regardless of the questions' content. Well-designed questionnaires typically mitigate this response bias through counterbalancing.
In psychometrics, a persistent inclination to reply affirmatively to yes/no questionnaire items, regardless of the questions' content. Well-designed questionnaires typically mitigate this response bias through counterbalancing.
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Psychological Terms - Acquaintanceship knowledge
A classification of knowledge that is separate from both declarative knowledge (knowing that) and procedural knowledge (knowing how). It encompasses awareness of individuals, locations, and objects, and while it may incorporate declarative knowledge, it is not obligatory, as exemplified by the recognition of a color, scent, or visage without the ability to articulate specific facts about them. The Welsh philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) addressed this category of knowledge in The Problems of Philosophy (1912), and it remains inadequately comprehended within psychology.
A classification of knowledge that is separate from both declarative knowledge (knowing that) and procedural knowledge (knowing how). It encompasses awareness of individuals, locations, and objects, and while it may incorporate declarative knowledge, it is not obligatory, as exemplified by the recognition of a color, scent, or visage without the ability to articulate specific facts about them. The Welsh philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) addressed this category of knowledge in The Problems of Philosophy (1912), and it remains inadequately comprehended within psychology.
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Psychology Terms -acoustic store
A collective term for the postcategorical acoustic store and the precategorical acoustic store, however their existence is rather disputed. A theoretical repository of memories generated by sound coding.
A collective term for the postcategorical acoustic store and the precategorical acoustic store, however their existence is rather disputed. A theoretical repository of memories generated by sound coding.
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Psychology Terms - Acoustic similarity effect
The phenomenon wherein lists of phonetically similar words are more challenging to recall than lists of phonetically dissimilar phrases.
The phenomenon wherein lists of phonetically similar words are more challenging to recall than lists of phonetically dissimilar phrases.
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Psychology Terms - Acoustic reflex
An involuntary contraction of the tensor tympani and stapedius muscles in the middle ears, occurring bilaterally in response to intense noise presented to either ear, stiffens the eardrum and restricts the movement of the ossicles, resulting in a temporary threshold shift and providing protection against auditory damage. It resembles the pupillary light reflex elicited by intense illumination. Also referred to as the tympanic reflex.
An involuntary contraction of the tensor tympani and stapedius muscles in the middle ears, occurring bilaterally in response to intense noise presented to either ear, stiffens the eardrum and restricts the movement of the ossicles, resulting in a temporary threshold shift and providing protection against auditory damage. It resembles the pupillary light reflex elicited by intense illumination. Also referred to as the tympanic reflex.
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Psychology Terms - Acoustic nerve
An alternative designation for the vestibulocochlear nerve.
An alternative designation for the vestibulocochlear nerve.
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Psychology Terms - Acoustic nerve
An alternative designation for the vestibulocochlear nerve.
An alternative designation for the vestibulocochlear nerve.
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Psychology Terms - Acoustic generalization
*The phenomenon whereby a learnt reaction to an auditory stimulus, such as a word or melody, is elicited by a similar sound.
*The phenomenon whereby a learnt reaction to an auditory stimulus, such as a word or melody, is elicited by a similar sound.
