Glossary / Lexicon

Cognitive Psychology refers to the study of higher mental processes and structures, such as the storage, . . . Read More

Behavioral comparisons phase refers to the tendency to form impressions of others by comparing and contrasting . . . Read More

Imaginal scanning refers to a task in which a participant is asked to form a mental image and to scan . . . Read More

Motion is defined as oral or written request to a judge that asks the court to make a specified ruling, . . . Read More

Lexical contrast constraint is the notion that young children make inferences about word meanings by . . . Read More

Facial Primacy refers to the importance of facial expressions relative to other non-verbal cues Facial . . . Read More

Idea is defined as a mental event that lingers after impressions or sensations have ceased In the psychology . . . Read More

Attribution refers to an inference about the cause of our own or another’s behaviour. It is a perceptual . . . Read More

Cognitive misers describe the idea that people are so limited in their ability to think and make inferences . . . Read More

External attribution refers to the inference that a person is behaving a certain way because of something . . . Read More