Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov (1849 – 1936) is best known for his work describing the psychological phenomenon of Classical Conditioning. From his …
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Iris This is the part of the eye that gives you those beautiful blue (or whatever colour) eyes that you have. Specifically, …
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Intuitive Thought In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the second stage is called Preoperational thought and it has two substages: Symbolic Function …
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Intuition Intuition is a person’s capacity to obtain or have direct knowledge and/or immediate insight, without observation or reason. It’s the “gut …
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Introvert (Introversion) The term Introvert refers to a person who is focused on (often preoccupied) with his or her private mental experiences, …
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Introspection The process of ?looking inward? and examining one’s self and one’s own actions in order to gain insight. This was a …
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Intrinsic Motivation Why do you work or come to class or study for a test? Do you do it because you want …
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Intimacy This term comes from Erikson’s theory of development, and refers to a person’s ability form close, loving relationships, which he stated …
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Interneuron Information (neural impulses/action potentials) travel throughout your nervous system along a network of 3 types of neurons; sensory neurons, motor neurons, …
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Internal Validity Internal validity occurs when a researcher controls all extraneous variables and the only variable influencing the results of a study …