inner psychophysics

a systematic attempt to relate experience in the mind to states of excitation in the sensory apparatus. Compare outer psychophysics. See psychophysical law. [introduced by Gustav Theodor Fechner]

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January 28th 2025

typology

n. any analysis of a particular category of phenomena (e.g., individuals, things) into classes based on common characteristics, such as a typology of personality. —typological adj.