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Blackbox

English translation: black box

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German term or phrase:Blackbox
English translation:black box
Entered by: bethkatek

03:37 Oct 19, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
German term or phrase: Blackbox
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.
bethkatek
United States
Local time: 03:11
black box
Explanation:
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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Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 03:11
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3opaque box
Michele Fauble
4 -1black box
Donald Jacobson
Summary of reference entries provided
oa_xxx (X)
variation of the "Touch'n Feel Box"?
Johanna Timm, PhD

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
opaque box


Explanation:
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.

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 01:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
black box


Explanation:
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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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-10-19 05:55:32 GMT)
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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.

Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 03:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Black box it is then! Thank you very much!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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
  -> It's a cognitive psychology test i
agree  Michael Martin, MA: See the broad definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black box
8 hrs
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
  -> It's not a black box in a plane, it's a cognitive test
neutral  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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Reference comments


23 hrs
Reference

Reference information:
"...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.

oa_xxx (X)
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 20 hrs
Reference: variation of the "Touch'n Feel Box"?

Reference information:
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

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 122
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