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Negative correlation is when increases in one variable are accompanied by decreases in another variable. Negative correlation refers to a statistical relationship in which increases in one measure are matched by decreases in the other; association between two variables in which one increases as the other decreases.
Negative discrimination is when a test item is answered incorrectly more frequently for high scorers on the test than for low scorers; the item discriminates in a different direction than the total score of the test.
Negative effectivity refers to an individual's Personality dimension involving a tendency to experience negative emotional states, like Anxiety and depression.
Negative evidence refers to evidence that a particular linguistic expression, a word or sentence, is inappropriate or unacceptable. All the sentences that children hear are positive evidence of possible constructions in the language .
Negative Explanatory Style refers to negative way to explain the events in their lives. Pessimists have a negative explanatory style.
Negative feedback is telling employees what they are doing incorrectly in order to improve their performance of a task.
Negative function is a relationship in which increasing values of one variable are associated with decreasing values of a second variable.
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