Browsing University of Bergen Library by Journals "Perspectives on Psychological Science"

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    • Illusory Essences: A Bias Holding Back Theorizing in Psychological Science 

      Brick, Cameron; Hood, Bruce; Ekroll, Vebjørn; de-Wit, Lee (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The reliance in psychology on verbal definitions means that psychological research is unusually moored to how humans think and communicate about categories. Psychological concepts (e.g., intelligence, attention) are easily ...

    • Sex/Gender Differences in Verbal Fluency and Verbal-Episodic Memory: A Meta-Analysis 

      Hirnstein, Marco; Stuebs, Josephine; Moè, Angelica; Hausmann, Markus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Women are thought to fare better in verbal abilities, especially in verbal-fluency and verbal-memory tasks. However, the last meta-analysis on sex/gender differences in verbal fluency dates from 1988. Although verbal memory ...