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cognitive psychology - To what extent does AFQT correlate with …
Jul 16, 2018 · An answer is found in an official memo, albeit from 1980, where. the correlation of AFQT with WAIS (no version specified) was stated as 0.8 based on a Army "fact sheet" from 1965; the details of the comparative test could not be found
Are there culture-specific personality disorders? - Psychology ...
9. According to Wikipedia, personality disorders are "characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, [...] deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.". The APA also uses the expression "deviates from the expectations of the culture" to describe personality disorders. There has also been at least one study that found ...
Trying to understand equations in Karl Friston article
I am trying to understand a neuroscience article by Karl Friston. In it he gives three equations that are, as I understand him, equivalent or inter-convertible and refer to both physical and Shannon
Facet versus scale prediction of Big 5 personality
For example, a good study might have (a) a large sample of 1000+ participants in order to generate robust results, and (b) a statistically valid procedure for estimating population r-squared for facet and scale predictor models (one possibility would be to estimate the model in half the sample and evaluate in the other half, although many other ...
What are popular rationalist responses to Tversky & Shafir?
In the early 90s Tversky & Shafir observed several violations of rationality in human participants, in particular violation of the disjunction effect and sure-thing principle. This has lead to ...
hearing - Why do you hear music inside your head when wearing ...
Jan 11, 2020 · When you wear headphones for listening to music you hear the music inside your head. Even when you hold the two speakers at the same distance from your ears the music is still heard inside your hea...
developmental psychology - Why does regular repetition become …
Feb 7, 2014 · Humans have the tendency to develop habits. Habits of an individual can be different, same, or unique. Some have a habit of talking too much (chatty), drawing a box around the answer of mathematical
cognitive psychology - Sublimation & Cathexis - Psychology ...
May 31, 2020 · 1. I would say subliminal is more cognitive, while cathexis is more emotional, though can be triggered/catalysed cognitive or subliminal. Subliminal is hard to define though, and cathexis from the field of psychoanalysis is kind of speculative. However there is obviously some kind of mechanism occuring, and having good words for the phenomenas ...
neuroscience - Is there a mindfulness meditation technique that …
Cross-experimental session occipital gamma power was the greatest in meditators with a daily practice of 10+ years, and the meditation-related gamma power increase was similarly the strongest in such advanced practitioners. The findings suggest that long-term Vipassana meditation contributes to increased occipital gamma power related to long ...