Psychology Dictionary
  • Psychology Resources
  1. Home
  2. stimulus overload

stimulus overload

stimulus overload

the condition in which the environment presents too many stimuli to be comfortably processed by an individual, resulting in stress and behavior designed to restore equilibrium. See also communication overload; information overload; sensory overload.

Related Terms

context clues

context clues clues provided by the immediate context (i.e....

sadism

sadism n. the derivation of pleasure through cruelty and in...

cultural absolutism

cultural absolutism see cultural universalism.

secondary data

secondary data information cited in a study that was not ga...

postformal thought

postformal thought the complex ways in which adults structu...

triad

triad n. a set of three people involved in a dynamic relati...

Quick Info

Category Psychology Term
Definitions 1
First Letter S

Browse by Letter


A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

© 2025 PsychologyDB.com All rights reserved.

Terms Sitemap Contact