electronic brainstorming

the use of computer-based procedures, such as online discussions and real-time e-mail communication, to generate unique ideas and solutions to problems. If such sessions are to adhere to the principles of brainstorming used in face-to-face groups, then they will explicitly encourage expressiveness, building on others’ ideas and maximizing the number of ideas generated, and will discourage evaluation of any idea that is offered.

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Psychology term of the day

July 27th 2024

primary insomnia

in DSM–IV–TR, a sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in initiating or maintaining a restorative sleep to a degree in which the severity and persistence of the sleep disturbance causes clinically significant distress, impairment in a significant area of functioning, or both. The disorder is not caused by a general medical condition or the effects of a substance and is not exclusively an aspect of another sleep disorder or mental disorder. It is termed insomnia disorder in DSM–5. See dyssomnia. Compare primary hypersomnia.