case-based reasoning

1. an approach in which information about or obtained from previous similar situations (cases) is applied to the current situation, typically to make a decision or prediction or to solve a problem. See also analogical thinking.

2. in ergonomics, the use of detailed scenarios or cases to elicit users’ knowledge, reasoning patterns, motivations, or assumptions regarding a product or system. See knowledge elicitation.

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Psychology term of the day

May 10th 2024

Personalized Implicit Association Test

an implicit attitude measure designed to eliminate the potential influence of extrapersonal associations on responses. In this procedure, the relatively normative category labels of pleasant and unpleasant are typically replaced with the more personalized category labels of I like and I don’t like, and no feedback is given regarding classification errors. It is a variation of the Implicit Association Test. [developed by U.S. psychologists Michael A. Olson and Russell H. Fazio (1952– )]