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word association test

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noun

Psychology.
  1. a technique for determining a subject's associative pattern by providing a verbal stimulus to which a verbal response is required.


Etymology

Origin of word association test

First recorded in 1945–50

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The project uses an online word association test to gauge subconscious bias.

From MSNBC • Feb. 6, 2015

He psychoanalyzed Chicago politics by the "word association" test.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a word association test, to the word "climbing" visuals are apt to respond: "mountain"; hapticals: "hard."

From Time Magazine Archive

During a word association test one applicant linked tumor with friends because "they both grow on you."

From Time Magazine Archive

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