reality monitoring

a specific aspect of source monitoring that refers to the process of discriminating between external (real) and internal (imagined) events. A failure or impairment in this process is said to account for such phenomena as false memory and hallucinations. [coined by U.S. psychologist Marcia K. Johnson (1943– )]

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November 23rd 2024

idealistic monism

the position that all reality consists of a single substance, that substance being mind or spirit. See idealism; monism. Compare natural monism. See also mind–body problem.