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discrimination

discrimination In historical psychology, discrimination means judging that two or more things differ, with each being noticed as separate from the surrounding experience.

In historical psychology, discrimination means judging that two or more things differ, with each being noticed as separate from the surrounding experience. The term was also used for awareness of difference in successive sensations, especially in experimental settings as sense discrimination.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Discrimination” (Discrimination).
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