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Basking in reflected glory The universal human tendency to feel good when one can associate oneself self with persons or groups with …

Basilar membrane The fibrous membrane on the organ of Corti in the inner ear, which vibrates with changes in air pressure waves, …

Basic trust versus Basic mistrust The first of Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development, this stage, which occurs in the first …

Basic trust A belief in the possibility of need-satisfying relationships attained during the first, oral sensory, stage in Erik Erikson’s epigenetic growth …

Basic research Utilization of the scientific method to discover knowledge for the pure advancement of understanding with no immediate goals concerning the …

Basic needs In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the basic needs are physiological ones such as needs for oxygen, heat, food, water, and …

Basic mistrust Failure to establish a belief in the possibility of satisfying relationships in the first, oral sensory, of Erik Erikson’s eight …

Basic level category A grouping in a natural language system at the level of abstraction at which category members share the most …

Basic emotions The basic emotion theory claims that there is a core set of emotions, referred to as basic emotions, which evolved …

Base rate The naturally occurring frequency or an average of a variable in a population within a given period. This rate is …