Glossary L
Glossary L
In the context of psychology, the term "lighter" refers to a psychological state or Condition characterized by a feeling of reduced emotional weight, a sense of relief, or an improved mood. This state is often associated with the alleviation of emotional burdens, stress, or negative emotions. People may experience a lighter emotional state after successfully addressing and resolving issues that were causing distress or after experiencing positive events that improve their overall well-being.
Lightheadedness is defined as a feeling you are "going to faint." Lightheadedness is medically distinct from dizziness, unsteadiness, and vertigo. Please see Dizziness, Unsteadiness, and Vertigo.
Lightness constancy refers to the constancy of person's perception of an object’s lightness under different intensities of illumination.
Likert format is defined as a format for attitude scale items in which subjects indicate their degree of agreement to statements using these categories : strongly disagree, disagree, neither disagree nor agree, agree, strongly agree.
Likert scale is defined as a rating scale presented as a horizontal line divided into categories so that participants can circle a number or mark an X at the location corresponding to their response. Likert scale is an approach to attitude measurement in which respondents indicate the strength of their agreement or disagreement with various statements.