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zone of comparison test

a method of positioning questions in a control question test to facilitate objective analysis of physiological responses on polygraph charts and to minimize an examinee’s potential to habituate to the question format.

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stimulus discrimination

stimulus discrimination

the ability to distinguish among different stimuli (e.g., to distinguish a circle from an ellipse) and to respond differently to them.