design fluency test

any of a group of tests in which participants must generate (within a given time) a series of figures that have specific criteria. The tests were developed to provide clinical information regarding nonverbal capacity for flexibility and planning similar to verbal fluency tests. For example, participants may be required to produce figures from five lines and must devise new ways to put the lines together in an organized manner to make new figures or designs. Also called figural fluency test.

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January 18th 2025

double approach–avoidance conflict

a complex conflict situation arising when a person is confronted with two goals or options that each have significant attractive and unattractive features. See also approach–avoidance conflict.