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comparative judgment

comparative judgment Comparative judgment is the mind’s direct judging of how far apart or how similar impressions of the same kind are, such as tones or shades.

Comparative judgment is the mind’s direct judging of how far apart or how similar impressions of the same kind are, such as tones or shades. In this historical account, it does not require mentally stepping through all the intermediate gradations, but rests on an immediate sense of relative difference or likeness.