instructional set

the attitude toward a task or test that is communicated (intentionally or unintentionally) by the experimenter to the participants. It conveys information on how they should approach the task or testsuch as whether that speed is more (or less) important than accuracy.

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January 30th 2025

secondary sensory ending

see flower-spray ending.