Psychology RootsBasic research Utilization of the scientific method to discover knowledge for the pure advancement of understanding with no immediate goals concerning the …
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Basic needs In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the basic needs are physiological ones such as needs for oxygen, heat, food, water, and …
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Basic mistrust Failure to establish a belief in the possibility of satisfying relationships in the first, oral sensory, of Erik Erikson’s eight …
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Basic level category A grouping in a natural language system at the level of abstraction at which category members share the most …
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Basic emotions The basic emotion theory claims that there is a core set of emotions, referred to as basic emotions, which evolved …
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Base rate The naturally occurring frequency or an average of a variable in a population within a given period. This rate is …
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Baseline The average of a variable over time before any experimental intervention; is used to compare with averages after intervention so as …
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Basal metabolic rate The average minimal expenditure of energy of a body awake and at rest. It is measured after fasting a …
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Basal ganglia Three pairs of nuclei at the base of the cerebral cortex including the caudate nuclei, putamen, and globus pallidus with …
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Basal forebrain The area at the bottom of the forebrain near the hypothalamus which includes the nucleus basalis, diagonal band, medial septum, …