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Backward masking Backward masking is a form of masking in which the target (i.e., a to-be-identified item) temporally precedes that mask stimulus…

Backward conditioning A learning procedure in which a neutral stimulus is presented after an unconditioned stimulus. This seldom results in the formation…

Backward association An association formed by presenting a neutral stimulus after an unconditioned stimulus. This seldom results in the formation of an…

Backchannel response Any short utterance such as uh-huh, yeah, or right produced while the other person in a conversation is speaking which…

Babbling The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way. The continuous murmuring sound of…

Babble Pre speech sound such as mamma or dadada made by infants beginning at about the age of 6 months which is…

Background variable A variable of this type is neither manipulated by the experimenter, as an independent variable might be nor is it usually…

Backcrossing the process of crossbreeding a hybrid animal or plant with a member of the genetic line from which the hybrid was originally derived.…

Back-translation a method of ensuring that the translation of an assessment instrument into another language is adequate, used primarily in cross-cultural research.…

Back-propagation algorithms (backdrop algorithms) Term describes the most common process by which the weightings between input and output are adjusted. The output…