| 释义 |
subitize, v. Psychol.|ˈsʌbɪtaɪz|
[f. L. subitus subite a. + -ize.]
intr. and trans. To apprehend immediately (the number contained in a small sample). Hence ˈsubitizing vbl. n.
1949E. L. Kaufman et al. in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. LXII. 520 A new term is needed for the discrimination of stimulus-numbers of 6 and below... The term proposed is subitize... We are indebted to Dr. Cornelia C. Coulter, the Department of Classical Languages and Literatures, Mount Holyoke College, for suggesting this term. Ibid., If no discontinuities had appeared in the results, no distinction between subitizing and estimating could have been drawn. 1971Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Jan. 121 The number of items in an array capable of being subitized. 1981Nature 15 Oct. 569/2 Judgements of ‘small’ numerosities..are ordinarily attributed to subitizing. |