LAW OF CONTRAST

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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The principle based on the assumption that individuals base their behavior on comparison of opposites not with sameness.

LAW OF CONTRAST: "The law of contrast deems decisions are not made on likeness."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CURRICULUM-BASED MEASUREMENT
  2. BEHAVIOR THEORY
  3. BASE-RATE FALLACY
  4. CANON
  5. POINT OF SUBJECTIVE EQUALITY (PSE)
  6. CONTINUUM APPROACH
  7. CONTRAST
  8. EXCLUDED MIDDLE PRINCIPLE
  9. UTILITARIANISM
  10. ACCIDENT BEHAVIOR
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "LAW OF CONTRAST," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/law-of-contrast/ (accessed December 13, 2018).
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