dynamic testing

an approach to the measurement of learning (i.e., both the ability and the potential to learn) that attempts to identify and quantify through progressively more difficult tasks the degree to which an individual’s developed ability reflects underlying capacity. [introduced by Lev Vygotsky]

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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

integrative agnosia

a form of visual agnosia in which individuals are able to perceive the elements of an object but find it difficult to combine them into a perceptual whole. Typically, symptoms of both apperceptive and associative agnosia are present. Individuals affected by this kind of agnosia can usually draw an object accurately but only through a laborious process.