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10 Language-to-English DictionariesContext effect
/ˈkɒn.tɛkst ɪˈfɛkt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An aspect of cognitive psychology that describes how the surrounding environment, background situation, or preceding information influences how a person perceives, interprets, or remembers a specific stimulus or event.
"The marketing study demonstrated a significant context effect, showing that consumers evaluated the exact same product differently depending on the adjacent items displayed." - 2
In linguistics and psycholinguistics, the phenomenon where the surrounding linguistic environment alters the comprehension, recognition, or semantic interpretation of a word or phrase.
"Listeners rely on the context effect to rapidly disambiguate homophones in rapid, continuous speech."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'context', originating from the Latin 'contextus' (a joining together, weaving, connection of words) from 'contexere', with 'effect', derived from the Latin 'effectus' (accomplishment, performance), stemming from 'efficere'. It emerged in modern psychology, linguistics, and cognitive science during the mid-20th century to describe how surrounding information influences the perception and interpretation of a specific stimulus.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Context effect" is said worldwide
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effet de contexte
Transliteration: /e.fɛ də kɔn.tɛkst/
"L'expérience démontre un net effet de contexte sur la perception visuelle."
Kontexteffekt
Transliteration: /kɔnˈtɛkst.ʔɛˌfɛkt/
"Der Kontexteffekt beeinflusst, wie wir mehrdeutige Aussagen verstehen."
effetto contesto
Transliteration: /efˈfɛt.to konˈtɛs.to/
"Gli psicologi studiano l'effetto contesto nei processi decisionali."
efecto de contexto
Transliteration: /eˈfek.to ðe konˈtekst.o/
"El experimento reveló un claro efecto de contexto en las respuestas de los participantes."
efeito de contexto
Transliteration: /eˈfej.tu dʒi kõˈtɛs.tu/
"O efeito de contexto altera a forma como interpretamos a mensagem."
संदर्भ प्रभाव
Transliteration: sandarbh prabhav
"संज्ञानात्मक मनोविज्ञान में संदर्भ प्रभाव एक महत्वपूर्ण अवधारणा है।"
语境效应
Transliteration: yǔjìng xiàoyìng
"实验证明了决策过程中存在显著的语境效应。"
맥락 효과
Transliteration: maekrak hyogwa
"소비자 행동 연구에서 맥락 효과는 매우 중요합니다."
文脈効果
Transliteration: bunmyaku kōka
"認知的バイアスと文脈効果の関係について研究されている。"
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