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Deutsch: Blinddesign / Español: Diseño Ciego / Português: Desenho Cego / Français: Conception Aveugle / Italiano: Disegno Cieco
Blind design in psychology refers to a research method where participants, researchers, or both are unaware of certain aspects of the study to reduce bias and ensure more reliable results. This approach is commonly used in experimental studies to minimise the influence of expectations, assumptions, or unintentional behaviours that could affect outcomes.
Deutsch: Blindstudie / Español: estudio ciego / Português: estudo cego / Français: étude en aveugle / Italiano: studio cieco
Blind Study in the psychology context refers to a research design in which the participants (and sometimes the researchers) are unaware of certain critical aspects of the study, such as the specific treatment or intervention they are receiving. This approach is used to prevent bias in the research findings, ensuring that the results are more objective and reliable.
Blindness means a person may be "legally blind" with either 20/200 vision in both eyes with best correction, or a field of vision restricted to 200 or less.
Blindsight refers to the ability to localize objects within an apparently blind visual field; traces of visual perceptual ability in blind areas. According to Weiskrantz, Blindsight is the effect of certain kinds of brain damage in which the subject has an inability to recognize objects but retains the ability to detect the presence and movement of objects It is the ability in those with cortical blindness to indicate that a stimulus is present, that it has moved, or that it is in a certain location, even though they have no conscious ability to "see" in the conventional sense.
A "blocker" refers to something that prevents an individual from moving forward or achieving a goal. It can be an internal or external obstacle that causes an individual to hesitate, procrastinate, or fail to achieve their objectives.