Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossaries
Term | Main definition |
---|---|
absentmindedness |
Glossaries - Psychology
lapses in memory that are caused by breaks in attention or our focus being somewhere else |
accommodation |
Glossaries - Psychology
adjustment of a schema by changing a scheme to accommodate new information different from what was already known |
acoustic encoding |
Glossaries - Psychology
input of sounds, words, and music |
acquisition |
Glossaries - Psychology
period of initial learning in classical conditioning in which a human or an animal begins to connect a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus will begin to elicit the conditioned response |
action potential |
Glossaries - Psychology
|
adolescence |
Glossaries - Psychology
period of development that begins at puberty and ends at early adulthood |
adrenal gland |
Glossaries - Psychology
|
adrenarche |
Glossaries - Psychology
maturing of the adrenal glands |
advance directive |
Glossaries - Psychology
a written legal document that details specific interventions a person wants (see living will) |
agonist |
Glossaries - Psychology
drug that mimics or strengthens the effects of a neurotransmitter |
algorithm |
Glossaries - Psychology
problem-solving strategy characterized by a specific set of instructions |
all-or-none |
Glossaries - Psychology
phenomenon that incoming signal from another neuron is either sufficient or insufficient to reach the threshold of excitation |
allele |
Glossaries - Psychology
specific version of a gene |
American Psychological Association (APA) |
Glossaries - Psychology
professional organization representing psychologists in the United States |
amnesia |
Glossaries - Psychology
loss of long-term memory that occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma |