Time theory of pitch perception

Timbre perceived sound

Tilt after effect

Three-term series problem

THOG problem

Think-aloud protocol

Theory of planned

Theory of mind

Theory

Thalamus

Test

Terminal bouton

Teratogens

a class of environmental hazards which cause marked abnormalities in the fetus during pre-natal development and which are can be caused by the use of harmful drugs or substances, such as thalidomide and cocaine, cigarette smoking and heavy use of alcohol.

a swelling located at the end of an axon which butts on to the dendrite or cell body of other nerve cells.

the most formal kind of self-report, which is normally highly quantitative in nature with the subject's responses being tightly controlled.

a structure located at the top of the brain stem in the diencephalon, that is subdivided into several nuclei that act as relays in the transmission of information such as sensation and pain to and from other brain regions.

a coherent collection of principles used in the science of psychology to explain phenomena. A substantial proportionof theories in psychology are related to the mechanisms by which things work.

also known as mind reading, the process described by some psychologists, and still the subject of considerable debate, whereby children develop hypotheses about other people's emotions, desires and beliefs.

behaviour the modification of the theory of reasoned action, in which attempts are made to explain less volitional behaviours through the component of perceived behavioural control.

a useful source of psychological data which although similar to an introspection does not allow for speculation about process and which usually collects behaviour in an experimental or highly controlled setting, by asking people to 'say what is in their mind' as they solve problems.

a problem devised as part of the selection task, involving four geometric figures with different shapes and colours, where the subject has to work throughthe consequences of each possibility to see how it classifies the other figures in the group.

a kind of deductive reasoning problem, which has two statements about three people or objects that can be ordered according to a relation such as height.

the temporary visual distortion of perceived orientation following adaptation to an oriented stimulus.

quality, corresponding roughly to the physical shape of each cycle of a periodic sound waveform or, equivalently, to the shape of its Fourier spectrum.

the idea that perceived pitch depends upon the temporal pattern of activity in the auditory nerve.

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