explicit memory test

a memory test that elicits conscious memories of previously experienced events. Such tests (e.g., free recall, recognition method) include explicit instructions to participants to recall earlier events. Also called direct memory test. Compare implicit memory test. See also conceptual test; perceptual test.

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November 24th 2024

point scale

point scale

any scale for measuring some construct or attribute in which participants’ responses to a series of multiple-choice questions are given numerical values (points). The final score is the total points earned. See also Likert scale; semantic differential.