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  2. Blocking effect - Wikipedia

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    In Kamin's blocking effect [1] the conditioning of an association between two stimuli, a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an unconditioned stimulus (US) is impaired if, during the conditioning process, the CS is presented together with a second CS that has already been associated with the unconditioned stimulus.

  3. Blocking (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    In the statistical theory of the design of experiments, blocking is the arranging of experimental units in groups (blocks) that are similar to one another. Typically, a blocking factor is a source of variability that is not of primary interest to the experimenter. [3] [4] No blocking (left) vs blocking (right) experimental design

  4. Functional fixedness - Wikipedia

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    The concept of functional fixedness originated in Gestalt psychology, a movement in psychology that emphasizes holistic processing. Karl Duncker defined functional fixedness as being a mental block against using an object in a new way that is required to solve a problem. [1]

  5. Frustration–aggression hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The theory says that aggression is the result of blocking, or frustrating, a person's efforts to attain a goal. [4] When first formulated, the hypothesis stated that frustration always precedes aggression, and aggression is the sure consequence of frustration. [1]

  6. Memory error - Wikipedia

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    The tip-of-the-tongue experience is a classic example of blocking, which is a failure to retrieve information that is available in memory even though you are trying to produce it. [2] The information you are trying to remember has been encoded and stored, and a cue is available that would usually trigger its recollection. [ 2 ]

  7. Retrieval-induced forgetting - Wikipedia

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    For instance the theory of blocking suggests that because practiced words are more easily remembered at test, they may occupy a "response channel" in memory and effectively prevent unpracticed–related words in memory from being remembered. Unpracticed–unrelated words would be less affected by this blocking effect because retrieval of ...

  8. Resistance (psychoanalysis) - Wikipedia

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    In psychoanalysis, resistance is the individual's efforts to prevent repressed drives, feelings or thoughts from being integrated into conscious awareness. [1]Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalytic theory, developed the concept of resistance as he worked with patients who suddenly developed uncooperative behaviors during the analytic session.

  9. Cognitive inhibition - Wikipedia

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    Behavioral control is an important application of cognitive inhibition in behavioral psychology, as is emotional control. Depression is an example of cognitive inhibition failure in emotion control. Correctly functioning cognitive inhibition would result in reduced selective attention to negative stimuli and retention of negative thoughts.