environmental justice

fair and impartial treatment with respect to the distribution of environmental hazards in the general population, such that no single group is exposed disproportionately to suboptimal environmental conditions at home, work, or school.

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Psychology term of the day

September 1st 2024

misinformation effect

a phenomenon in which a person mistakenly recalls misleading information that an experimenter has provided, instead of accurately recalling the correct information that had been presented earlier. The misinformation effect is studied in the context of eyewitness memory.