Psychology RootsConvergent Thinking A cognitive process (a mode of critical thinking) in which a person attempts to find a single, correct answer to …
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Convergence In order to perceive depth properly, your eyes must move slightly inward or converge. In so doing, people are able to …
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Convenience Sampling Convenience Sampling is a sampling method (a way of gathering participants for a study) used where you select a naturally …
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Control Condition (control group) During many experiments, researchers often include treatment groups (the groups that are given the treatment/IV) and a control …
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Continuous Reinforcement This is an operant conditioning principle in which an organism is reinforced every single time that organism provides the appropriate …
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Continuity Continuity is a Gestalt principle of perceptual organization that states people have a tendency to group stimuli into continuous lines and …
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Contiguity A contiguity is a behaviourist approach that states, for learning to occur, the response must occur in the presence of or …
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Context This term refers to the situation or circumstances in which an event occurs…the particular setting in which the event occurs. For …
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Content Validity Content validity is an important research methodology term that refers to how well a test measures the behavior for which …
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Constructivism Constructivism is the theory that we learn most effectively through experience. In Jean Piaget’s research on child development, he said that …