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Conformity Conformity can be defined as adjusting one’s behaviour or thinking to match those of other people or a group standard. There…

Conflict Although conflict is a very common term, in psychology it refers to any time you have opposing or incompatible actions, objectives,…

Confirmation Bias Do you know anyone who identifies things that support some position or opinion they have but ignore information that contradicts…

Cones The human eye has many different parts that are all needed to help us see, including rods, the optic nerve, and…

Cone Receptor Cone receptors are cells concentrated near the center of the retina that allow vision during daylight or in well-lit conditions.…

Conduction Deafness Conduction Deafness is hearing loss due to sound waves not reaching the sensing mechanism within the ear. This can result…

Conduct Disorder Conduct Disorder refers to negative behaviors exhibited by children and teenagers. This is not a mental illness, but the result…

Conditioned Stimulus In Classical Conditioning, a formerly neutral stimulus that, after association with an Unconditioned Stimulus (US), comes to produce a Conditioned…

Conditioned Response In Classical Conditioning, the Conditioned Response (CR) is the learned response (reflexive behavior) to a Conditioned Stimulus (CS). This response…

Concrete Operational Stage of Development Jean Piaget, the arguable the most prominent developmental theorist, outlined his perspective about the stages children pass…