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summative, a.|ˈsʌmətɪv| [f. med.L. summāt- (see summate) + -ive.] Operating by means of addition; additive; cumulative, pertaining to accumulation.
1881G. S. Hall German Culture 235 Relatively large and strongly-acting motor cells, whose connections with each other are mainly summative. 1891G. S. Woodhead Bacteria 379 Both the antagonistic action and this summative action. 1930W. C. Williams Sel. Essays (1954) 103 We've got to experiment with technique long before the final summative artist arrives. 1931Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 25 All such views of perception may be distinguished from summative or integrative theories by being called ‘response’ theories of perception. 1936Jrnl. Psychol. II. 80 (caption) The summative efficiency of the samples. 1938W. Benary in W. D. Ellis Sourcebk. Gestalt Psychol. viii. 105 In these examples brightness differences are the reverse of what a summative theory would have demanded. 1968W. A. Scott in Lindzey & Aronson Handbk. Social Psychol. (ed. 2) II. xi. 218 We shall use the term summative to designate a scale that is scored by adding the response scores on its component items. |