How do people grow and change over the course of life? This is one of many questions that developmental psychology seeks to answer. Development is about much more than simply the physical changes that take […]
Forensic psychologist salaries can vary considerably depending on factors ranging from geographic location to years of experience. What exactly do people who work in this field do? Forensic psychologists specialize in applying psychological knowledge in […]
Extraneous variables are anything in a psychology experiment other than the independent and dependent variables. The variables can present challenges and introduce errors, so it is important for experiments to control these extraneous factors. How […]
At various points in psychology history, researchers have tried to come up with a comprehensive list of personality traits. Traits are often defined in a variety of ways, but in psychology they are generally thought […]
The ingroup bias is the tendency that people have to favor their own group above that of others. This bias can have a powerful influence on both individual and group behavior. It may be as […]
A sensory receptor is a type of specialized cell that responds to a specific type of sense stimulation. Each type of sensory receptor is unique to the organ system it is associated with. For example, […]
Psychologist Carol Dweck is considered a pioneering figure in the the study of human motivation. She is perhaps best-known for her research on implicit theories of intelligence and how mindsets influence motivation and success. According […]
In Carl Rogers’s theory of personality, the organismic valuing process refers to evaluating subjective experiences in order to determine the possible impact they will have on self-improvement. A Closer Look at the Organismic Valuing Process […]
The just noticeable difference, also known as the difference threshold, is the smallest possible difference between two stimuli that can be detected at least half the time. According to Weber’s Law, this difference threshold is […]
I’m always on the hunt for new memory-boosting strategies, so this recent study caught my eye. According to researchers at the University of Waterloo, drawing pictures of things that you need to remember can be […]
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