negative

n. in linguistics, the form of a sentence used to make a negative assertion about something rather than an affirmative statement or a question (see interrogative). In modern English, negatives are nearly always formed using not or no and an auxiliary verb (usually be, have, or do). The structural relationship between positive and negative forms of a statement (e.g., between I went and I did not go) is of major interest in generative grammar and psycholinguistics.

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Psychology term of the day

February 22nd 2025

conditioning of attitudes

the formation or change of an attitude as a result of the association of an attitude object with a pleasant or unpleasant stimulus in the environment. Attitudes may be conditioned via classical conditioning or operant conditioning processes.