Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossaries
| Term | Main definition |
|---|---|
| corpus callosum | Glossaries - Psychology thick band of neural fibers connecting the brain’s two hemispheres |
| correlation | Glossaries - Psychology relationship between two or more variables; when two variables are correlated, one variable changes as the other does |
| correlation coefficient | Glossaries - Psychology number from -1 to +1, indicating the strength and direction of the relationship between variables, and usually represented by r |
| counseling psychology | Glossaries - Psychology area of psychology that focuses on improving emotional, social, vocational, and other aspects of the lives of psychologically healthy individuals |
| creative intelligence | Glossaries - Psychology ability to produce new products, ideas, or inventing a new, novel solution to a problem |
| creativity | Glossaries - Psychology ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities |
| critical (sensitive) period | Glossaries - Psychology time during fetal growth when specific parts or organs develop |
| cross-sectional research | Glossaries - Psychology compares multiple segments of a population at a single time |
| crystallized intelligence | Glossaries - Psychology characterized by acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it |
| cultural display rule | Glossaries - Psychology one of the culturally specific standards that govern the types and frequencies of emotions that are acceptable |
| cultural intelligence | Glossaries - Psychology ability with which people can understand and relate to those in another culture |
| culture | Glossaries - Psychology all of the beliefs, customs, art, and traditions of a particular society |
| debriefing | Glossaries - Psychology when an experiment involved deception, participants are told complete and truthful information about the experiment at its conclusion |
| deception | Glossaries - Psychology purposely misleading experiment participants in order to maintain the integrity of the experiment |
| declarative memory | Glossaries - Psychology |