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episodic memory n
that part of the MEMORY which is organized in terms of personal experiences
and episodes.
For example, if a subject was asked the question “What were you doing
on Friday night at 7 pm?” he or she may think of all the things that happened
from 5 pm up to 7 pm. The person builds up a sequence of events
or episodes to help find the wanted information. Episodic memory may
be contrasted with semantic memory. Semantic memory is that part of the
memory in which words are organized according to semantic groups or
classes. Words are believed to be stored in long term memory according
to their semantic properties. Thus canary is linked in memory to bird, and
rose is linked to flower. These links are a part of semantic memory.
equated forms n
two or more forms of a test whose test scores have been transformed onto
the same scale so that a comparison across different forms of a test is
made possible. For example, if both X and Y are equated forms of test Z,
the test takers’ scores will not be affected by which form of the test they
take (i.e. X or Y).
equating n
also test equating
a process of establishing the scores that are equivalent on multiple forms
of a test that measure the same TRAIT. Equating enables the scores of the
equated forms of a test to be used interchangeably.
equative adj
also equational
a sentence in which the SUBJECT and COMPLEMENT refer to the same person
or thing is called an equative sentence.
For example, the English sentence:
Susan is the girl I was talking about.
subject complement
equilibration n
another term for ADAPTATION 2
equivalent form reliability n
another term for ALTERNATE FORM RELIABILITY
equivalent forms n
another term for PARALLEL FORMS
equivalent forms
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