Wednesday Evening Society

an informal group of Sigmund Freud’s disciples who met with him for instruction in psychoanalysis, beginning in 1902. The society evolved into the larger Vienna Psychoanalytic Society in 1910. See also Viennese School.

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Psychology term of the day

September 1st 2024

learning paradigm

an experimental design used to research incidental learning. Groups of participants are shown the same stimuli (e.g., a list of 20 words) but asked to perform different tasks with them (e.g., picture associated words, determine the average number of letters in each word). Afterward, the participants unexpectedly are asked to recall as many of the presented items as possible.