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What Are Phonemes?

Phonemes are the most discrete, or smallest, set of sounds that construct all spoken language. They are not used to […]

Internal attribution, or dispositional attribution, is when someone ascribes a personal reason as the cause of something instead of an

Paraprosdokian comes from the Greek ‘παρά’, meaning ‘against’ and ‘προσδοκία’, meaning ‘I have no clue as I don’t speak Greek.’

A case study is when a specific individual, or a select few, is studied at length and in-depth. They’re often

Informational social influence is when you learn from others’ behavior who have been in a similar situation as you are

Respondent behavior is when an organism responds to stimuli and is often vital to its survival. It’s also an involuntary

A reflex is an organism’s natural response to a stimulus. For example, when a mean doctor taps your knee with

Overextension is when a person uses a category word that describes one thing to describe all related things, incorrectly. Imagine

In social psychology, individualism is a term where people prioritize themselves over the group. It’s the opposite of collectivism, where

In neuropsychology, pruning is the reduction of axons, synapses, and neurons that occurs naturally and over time. This mainly occurs