passive voice

in linguistics, the category of a verb used when the patient of the action appears as the grammatical subject of the clause or sentence and the agent appears as the grammatical object. The passive voice, which is much less common than the standard active voice, is illustrated by the sentence The purse was stolen by the thief, as opposed to The thief stole the purse.

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

motor test

any test designed to measure motor skills, ranging from gross motor to fine motor manipulation.