visuoconstructive test

any of a wide range of tests that require a combination of visual and motor skills in the construction of an end product as an evaluation of these nonverbal skills. The most common examples of these tests are drawing tests, block-design tests, and jigsaw-puzzle tests. Also called visual-construction test.

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Psychology term of the day

January 14th 2025

despair

1. the emotion or feeling of hopelessness, that is, that things are profoundly wrong and will not change for the better. Despair is one of the most negative and destructive of human affects, and as such it is a primary area for psychotherapeutic intervention.

2. in Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development, see integrity versus despair.