sensory awareness training

1. the methods used in sensate focus and similar therapies to help an individual become more aware of his or her own feelings and sensations and learn new ways of experiencing them.

2. in sport, training an athlete to become aware of the kinesthetic sensations experienced while performing and of the sensations related to arousal level.

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January 13th 2025

discontinuity hypothesis

in Gestalt psychology, the viewpoint that emphasizes the role of sudden insight and perceptual reorganization in successful discrimination learning and problem solving. According to this view, a correct answer is only recognized when its relation to the issue as a whole is discovered. Also called discontinuity theory. Compare continuity hypothesis. See also aha experience; all-or-none learning; eureka task.