Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 19, 2014 03:37
9 yrs ago
German term
Blackbox
German to English
Social Sciences
Psychology
Aus verschiedenen Anzahlen von Würfeln kombinierte Formen soll die Versuchsperson in einer „Blackbox“ ertasten und zuordnen.
Damit ermittelten wir, bis zu wie vielen Würfeln der untersuchten Person eine Zuordnung zur entsprechenden Form gelingt.
The heading for the section is Tastsinn.
Is the "Blackbox" a special psychology tool? Or is it just a box?
There is no further description in the section. It would also be helpful if someone knows what type of experiment they are doing.
My somewhat wild guess as to what might be meant:
Different numbers of blocks are combined into shapes that the test subject has to classify by touch inside a box/"black box."
This allows us to determine the maximum number of blocks the test subject can handle/process/manage and still match them to the corresponding shape/still classify the shape correctly.
Damit ermittelten wir, bis zu wie vielen Würfeln der untersuchten Person eine Zuordnung zur entsprechenden Form gelingt.
The heading for the section is Tastsinn.
Is the "Blackbox" a special psychology tool? Or is it just a box?
There is no further description in the section. It would also be helpful if someone knows what type of experiment they are doing.
My somewhat wild guess as to what might be meant:
Different numbers of blocks are combined into shapes that the test subject has to classify by touch inside a box/"black box."
This allows us to determine the maximum number of blocks the test subject can handle/process/manage and still match them to the corresponding shape/still classify the shape correctly.
Proposed translations
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| 4 -1 | black box |
Donald Jacobson
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| 3 | opaque box |
Michele Fauble
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References
| "...vor allem in der BlackBOX. Wie der N... |
oa_xxx (X)
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| variation of the "Touch'n Feel Box"? |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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Proposed translations
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Donald Jacobson
United States
United States
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Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, Swedish to English
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black box
The black box theory of consciousness, which states that the mind is fully understood once the inputs and outputs are well defined,[12] and generally couples this with a radical skepticism regarding the possibility of ever successfully describing the underlying structure, mechanism, and dynamics of the mind.
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See Wikipedia " black box theory".
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A black box is a psychology term also. http://psychologydictionary.org/black-box-2/
I've read about this type of test since age 18 in intro to psych. I'm now 59 and a psychiatrist. I think my answer is correct. It has nothing to do with airplanes, although I appreciate the chuckle for the day.
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[PDF]Unit 10: Behavior - Division of Biology
www.bio.utk.edu/biologyinbox/.../Unit%...
1 teacher tactile box (openable) .... Exercise 1.3a.2: Black Box Trial 1: Exploration & Testing Ideas (Grades 6-12).............See page 4 on tactile testing.
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See Wikipedia " black box theory".
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-10-19 15:34:10 GMT)
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A black box is a psychology term also. http://psychologydictionary.org/black-box-2/
I've read about this type of test since age 18 in intro to psych. I'm now 59 and a psychiatrist. I think my answer is correct. It has nothing to do with airplanes, although I appreciate the chuckle for the day.
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Note added at 3 days14 hrs (2014-10-22 18:14:55 GMT) Post-grading
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[PDF]Unit 10: Behavior - Division of Biology
www.bio.utk.edu/biologyinbox/.../Unit%...
1 teacher tactile box (openable) .... Exercise 1.3a.2: Black Box Trial 1: Exploration & Testing Ideas (Grades 6-12).............See page 4 on tactile testing.
Note from asker:
| Black box it is then! Thank you very much! |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Armorel Young
: Test subjects are being asked to feel cubes inside a black box - so the black box (in this instance) is a concrete object, not a theory of consciousness
7 hrs
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It's a cognitive psychology test i
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| agree |
Michael Martin, MA
: See the broad definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black box
8 hrs
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| disagree |
Helen Shiner
: As Armorel says, this does not match the context. You could have posted it as a reference answer, though again to what end I don't know. Michael's link gets us no further. What has a black box recorder in a plane got to do with it?/MM's link re planes!
8 hrs
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It's not a black box in a plane, it's a cognitive test
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Michele Fauble
: Your references support 'black box' as a model for unknown properties and processes, but that is not what is meant in asker's context.
2 days 18 hrs
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Michele Fauble
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United States
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Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
opaque box
The test subjects cannot see into the box.
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informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08990220020021348
... procedure, stimuli were presented in a visually opaque box, allowing unrestrained test subjects to grab through a small opening and touch the discriminanda.
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informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08990220020021348
... procedure, stimuli were presented in a visually opaque box, allowing unrestrained test subjects to grab through a small opening and touch the discriminanda.
Reference comments
23 hrs
Reference:
"...vor allem in der BlackBOX. Wie der Name schon sagt, ist dieser Raum so verdunkelt, dass man keinen einzigen Zentimeter weit sehen kann."
"Die blackBOX eliminiert das visuelle Sinneserleben: Weder Aussehen, Begrenzung, Farben der Umgebung und Entfernung werden wahrgenommen. Die herkömmliche Auffassung über räumliche und qualitative Eigenschaften der Umwelt wird unterbrochen, die Verknüpfung mit inneren Vorstellungen, Erfahrungen und Wünschen durch andere nun dominierende Sinnesorgane neu hergestellt."
http://www.aqua-soziales.com/aqua/web/aqua.nsf/pages/Beratun...$sinnLEBEN$sinnBOX
Not sure if this is the right context but the idea that the "box" is a blacked out room - essentially like a dark room might be the same.
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and perhaps important to mention, even use "blackbox/black box" with an explanation.
"Die blackBOX eliminiert das visuelle Sinneserleben: Weder Aussehen, Begrenzung, Farben der Umgebung und Entfernung werden wahrgenommen. Die herkömmliche Auffassung über räumliche und qualitative Eigenschaften der Umwelt wird unterbrochen, die Verknüpfung mit inneren Vorstellungen, Erfahrungen und Wünschen durch andere nun dominierende Sinnesorgane neu hergestellt."
http://www.aqua-soziales.com/aqua/web/aqua.nsf/pages/Beratun...$sinnLEBEN$sinnBOX
Not sure if this is the right context but the idea that the "box" is a blacked out room - essentially like a dark room might be the same.
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and perhaps important to mention, even use "blackbox/black box" with an explanation.
1 day 20 hrs
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Canada
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Reference:
variation of the "Touch'n Feel Box"?
a popular educational tool for kindergarten-age children
http://education.wikia.com/wiki/Touch_N'_Feel_Box
und die deutsche Party-Variante:
https://www.mietmeile.de/events-messen-partys/eventmodule/ge...
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BTW, it's called a "sensory box" in dementia and autism contexts
http://education.wikia.com/wiki/Touch_N'_Feel_Box
und die deutsche Party-Variante:
https://www.mietmeile.de/events-messen-partys/eventmodule/ge...
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BTW, it's called a "sensory box" in dementia and autism contexts
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