isophilia

n. feelings of affection or affectionate behavior toward members of one’s own sex, but without the genital component characteristic of same-sex sexual behavior. [first described by Harry Stack Sullivan]

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Psychology term of the day

May 3rd 2024

imperceptible

adj. below threshold. For example, an imperceptible difference is a physical difference between two stimulus events that is below an observer’s difference threshold. This results in the two events being judged as the same psychologically when they are not the same physically.