Psychology RootsCochlea The cochlea (from the Greek word meaning “snail”) is a bony, spiral-shaped, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound …
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Coactors People who are work on the same non-competitive task at the same time. When you play on a sports team, work …
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Cluster Sampling Cluster Sampling is a sampling strategy (a way to gather participants for a study) used when it is difficult to …
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Closure The closure is a Gestalt principle of perceptual organization that explains how humans fill in visual gaps in order to perceive …
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Classical Conditioning First proposed and studied by Ivan Pavlov, Classical Conditioning is one form of learning in which an organism “learns” through …
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Circadian Rhythms Circadian rhythms are what people often refer to as your body’s internal, biological clock. The typical human circadian rhythm occurs …
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Chunking A very basic definition is that chunking is a way of organizing information into familiar groupings. This is done with all …
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Chromosomes The thread-like structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes. A human cell has twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, one member …
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Cerebral Cortex The thin outer layer of the brain’s (approximately 2 mm) cerebral hemispheres that acts as the main control center and …
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Cerebellum The cerebellum is a structure often referred to as the “little brain” that is located in the rear of the brainstem. …