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association test[ə‚sō·sē′ā·shən ‚test] (psychology) Any test designed to determine the nature of the mental or emotional link between a stimulus and a response. association test
association [ah-so″se-a´shun] 1. a state in which two attributes occur together either more or less often than expected by chance.2. in neurology, a term applied to those regions of the brain (areas" >association areas) that link the primary motor and sensory areas.3. in genetics, the occurrence together of two or more phenotypic characteristics more often than would be expected by chance. To be distinguished from linkage (q.v.).4. in psychiatry, a connection between ideas or feelings, especially between conscious thoughts and elements of the unconscious, or the formation of such a connection.clang association see clanging.free association in psychoanalysis, verbal expression by the patient of ideas as they arrive spontaneously, without censoring or withholding anything, no matter how distressing, embarrassing, trivial, or irrelevant it may seem. The analyst forms tentative explanations of the patient's associations and experiences but withholds them until they are validated by more material and until the patient is in a receptive frame of mind.association test one based on associative reaction, usually by mentioning words to a patient and noting what other words he or she gives as the ones called to mind; see association" >association (def. 4).as·so·ci·a·tion testa test in which a word (stimulus word) is spoken to the subject, who is to reply immediately with another word (reaction word) suggested by the first; used as a diagnostic aid in psychiatry and psychology, clues being given by the length of time (association time) between the stimulus and reaction words and by the nature of the reaction words.as·so·ci·a·tion test (ă-sō'sē-ā'shŭn test) A word (i.e., stimulus word) is spoken to the subject, who is to reply immediately with another word (reaction word) suggested by the first; used as a diagnostic aid in psychiatry and psychology. LegalSeeassociationFinancialSeeAssociation |