word association test

American  

noun

Psychology.

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

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Etymology

Origin of word association test

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Early classics include Radner’s “The Judy Miller Show, Live From Her Bedroom,” Aykroyd’s self-destroying Julia Child, an aged Belushi visiting the Not Ready for Prime Time cemetery as the only surviving cast member, Chase and host Richard Pryor in an escalating, racially charged word association test.

From Los Angeles Times

These students were also more likely to connect unrelated words in the word association test.

From Scientific American

The dozen measures included I.Q. and memory scales, auditory learning and animal naming tests, an oral word association test, a connect-the-dots trail-making test, and a test of her ability to copy complex figures.

From New York Times

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

From MSNBC

Using a high-speed word association test, the researchers found that people responded faster to words linked to sexiness, no matter how low they claimed to prioritize the physical.

From Scientific American