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Basking in reflected glory The universal human tendency to feel good when one can associate oneself self with persons or groups with…

Basilar membrane The fibrous membrane on the organ of Corti in the inner ear, which vibrates with changes in air pressure waves,…

Basic trust versus Basic mistrust The first of Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development, this stage, which occurs in the first…

Basic trust A belief in the possibility of need-satisfying relationships attained during the first, oral sensory, stage in Erik Erikson’s epigenetic growth…

Basic research Utilization of the scientific method to discover knowledge for the pure advancement of understanding with no immediate goals concerning the…

Basic needs In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the basic needs are physiological ones such as needs for oxygen, heat, food, water, and…

Basic mistrust Failure to establish a belief in the possibility of satisfying relationships in the first, oral sensory, of Erik Erikson’s eight…

Basic level category A grouping in a natural language system at the level of abstraction at which category members share the most…

Basic emotions The basic emotion theory claims that there is a core set of emotions, referred to as basic emotions, which evolved…

Base rate The naturally occurring frequency or an average of a variable in a population within a given period. This rate is…