Psychology RootsBaroreceptor A pressure-sensitive nerve cell in the heart and large arteries that send impulses toward the hypothalamus when blood pressure drops, which …
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Barnum effect The tendency of people to believe vague and general predictions or comments about them is both true and unique. This …
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Barber’s pole effect The illusion that a cylinder with spiral markings, such as a barber’s pole, appears to be moving up or …
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Bandwagon effect In social psychology and political science, an accelerating tendency of more and more individuals to join in the behavior of …
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Balance theory A theory in social cognition in which people are noted to create and be comfortable with cognitive systems which are …
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Balanced bilingual A term used to describe an individual who has the same fluency in two languages, typically with native fluency and …
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Backward masking Backward masking is a form of masking in which the target (i.e., a to-be-identified item) temporally precedes that mask stimulus …
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Backward conditioning A learning procedure in which a neutral stimulus is presented after an unconditioned stimulus. This seldom results in the formation …
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Backward association An association formed by presenting a neutral stimulus after an unconditioned stimulus. This seldom results in the formation of an …
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Backchannel response Any short utterance such as uh-huh, yeah, or right produced while the other person in a conversation is speaking which …