PHI PHENOMENON
1. an illusion of obvious motion observed whenever two lights flash off and on about 150 m apart from one…
PIAGETIAN TASK
any one of a multitude of jobs cultivated by Jean Piaget to evaluate the mental skills of infants, kids, or…
DECULTURATION
The process where aspects of one culture is lost after contact with another one. Compare acculturation.
DELAYED FEEDBACK
A delay in feedback from the senses that can guide or monitor motor movements.
DEPTH-OF-PROCESSING HYPOTHESIS
Theory that strength of memory depends on the degree of congitive processing the material has received.
DIFFERENTIAL CONDITIONING
Pavlovian experiment where 2 or more stimuli are used where only 1 will produce an outcome.
DISEASE MODEL
A theory concerned with the cause and course of a pathological condition or process.
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
Belief that rules can be changed and punishments and rewards distributed according to relative standards.
DORSAL STREAM
The neural stream projected dorsally from the primary visual cortex in to the parietal lobe. Compare ventral pathway.
DYNAMIC SYSTEM
A system where a change in one part will influence all of the interrelated parts. Closely related to chaos theory.
ECOLOGICAL NICHE
1.The position or function of an organism or a population within a biological and physical environment. 2. The area within…
EGO DEVELOPMENT
1. An infant's emerging consciousness being separate from others. 2. Classic psychoanalytical theory. Process where part of the id is…
ELABORATION
1. Process of linking information to be emembered to information we already know. See elaborative rehearsal. 2. Developing an idea…