representation

n. that which stands for or signifies something else. For example, in cognitive psychology the term denotes a mental representation, whereas in psychoanalytic theory it refers to an introject (see introjection) of a significant figure or to a symbol for a repressed impulse. —represent vb. —representational adj. —representative adj.

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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

disarranged-sentence test

a test or test item whose objective is to put a scrambled sentence in proper order. For example, the individual being tested could be required to reorder “Boy town the to went bustling the” to read “The boy went to the bustling town.”