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PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

Distortion between physical reality and psychological experience such as occurs in illusions, emotional excitement, pathological states, dreams, and hypnosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

Lorsque le jugement perceptif est invalidé par une mesure (effectuée au moyen d'instruments de mesure), il y a "illusion" ou "déformation" perceptive.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
DEF

Market research term for the extent to which an interviewee's assessment of a product, etc is distorted by his own interests and values.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché

Spanish

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