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ERREUR STIMULUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The tendency to report in terms of the meaning of the stimulus instead of its properties, attributes, and characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

[...] le sujet censé décrire ses sensations se livre à une simple description des stimuli présentés et ne fournit, dès lors, aucun élément d'analyse subjective proprement dite. Cette erreur d'objectivation fut qualifiée pour la première fois d'erreur du stimulus par Fitchener [...]

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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