an acute awareness or readiness to react in a specific way to an expected stimulant, behavior, or occurrence. It might be manifested physically or experienced cognitively.
PREPARATORY SET: "The efficacy of a preparatory set is vital to the success of strategies and plans of action."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "PREPARATORY SET," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/preparatory-set/ (accessed March 21, 2023).
