raw score

a participant’s score on a test before it is converted to other units or another form or subjected to quantitative or qualitative analysis. For example, a score may be transformed into a percentage (e.g., 45 correct answers out of 50 = 90%) or into a standardized metric such as a z score (mean of 0; standard deviation of 1) or a T score (mean of 50; standard deviation of 10). Also called unstandardized score.

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Psychology term of the day

November 16th 2024

Strange Situation

an experimental technique used to assess quality of attachment in infants and young children (up to the age of 2). The procedure subjects the child to increasing amounts of stress induced by a strange setting, the entrance of an unfamiliar person, and two brief separations from the parent. The reaction of the child to each of these situations is used to evaluate the security or insecurity of his or her attachment to the parent. See insecure attachment; secure attachment. [devised in 1978 by Mary D. Salter Ainsworth]