lens model

a metaphorical model intended to characterize the fact that organisms do not perceive the environment directly and objectively but instead use available cues to make inferences, judgments, or interpretations of the environment. A variety of cues are available, and the organism selects those it will use and then assigns each a relative weight or importance in the interpretive process. [proposed by Egon Brunswik]

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Psychology term of the day

February 25th 2025

simple structure

in exploratory factor analysis, a set of criteria for determining the adequacy of a factor rotation solution. These criteria require that each factor show a pattern of high factor loadings on certain variables and near-zero loadings on others and that each variable load on only one factor. This minimizes the complexity of the factor solution, allows each variable to be most strongly identified with a specific factor, and increases interpretability.