context-specific learning

learning that has occurred in a particular place, circumstance, or state (e.g., while intoxicated) and is displayed only in that context and not when testing occurs in another context. See also contextual association.

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Psychology term of the day

May 10th 2024

coping style

the characteristic manner in which an individual confronts and deals with stress, anxiety-provoking situations, or emergencies.