estimators

pl. n. the mental processes involved in judging quantity, as in the ability to recognize that a given set contains six elements rather than five or seven. Compare operators. [defined in this sense by U.S. statistician Andrew Gelman]

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Psychology term of the day

November 22nd 2024

precompetition anxiety

increased cognitive and physiological arousal before a competition. Precompetition anxiety may facilitate or inhibit performance, depending on the performer’s perception of readiness or apprehension. See debilitative anxiety; facilitative anxiety.