Social Loafing
The tendency for people to work less on a task the greater the number of people are working on that task.
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Psychology
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Social Facilitation
The effect of otherﾒs presence on oneﾒs performance. Typically we perform simple or well-learned tasks better in front of others and difficult or novel tasks worse.
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Skinner, B. F.
Considered the father of behavioral therapy. He once stated that with the ability to control a child's environment, he could raise a child to become anything he wanted.
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Short Term Memory
The stage of memory where information is stored for up to 30 seconds prior to either being forgotten or transferred to long term memory.
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Shaping
Gradually molding a specific response by reinforcing responses that come close to the desired response.
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Sexual Orientation
A feeling of attractedness or arousal associated with a particular gender. Sexual behavior can be a result of this but does not necessarily define a person's orientation.
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Sensory Memory
The brief storage of information brought in through the senses; typically only lasts up to a few seconds.
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Sensation
Information brought in through the senses.
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Semantic Memory
The part of declarative memory that stores general information such as names and facts.
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Self Serving Bias
The tendency to assign internal attributes to successes and external factors to failures.
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