Living psychology: animal minds glossary
Glossary for DD210-1 Living Psychology: Animal Minds
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AdaptiveA characteristic that offers a survival and reproduction advantage. | |
AmygdalaPart of the limbic system involved in emotion and emotional memory. | |
Anthropomorphise
To ascribe human qualities to non-human organisms and/or objects.
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AnthropomorphisingAscribing human qualities to non-human organisms and/or objects. | |
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Brain imaging
The investigation of the structure and function of the brain using non-invasive methods.
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Comparative psychology
The study of humans’ and other animals’ behaviour and mental processes
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Conspecifics
Members of the same species (of animals or plants).
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Counterbalancing
An aspect of experimental design that includes all possible orders in which participants complete tasks or conditions, or in which experimenters present stimuli – this is to control for order effects.
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Dependent variable | |
Developmental psychologyThe area of psychology concerned with the way people develop and change throughout the lifespan. | |