ˌoverinˈclusion Psychol.
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The indiscriminate inclusion of irrelevant responses to a stimulus, observed in some cases of severe mental illness. Hence ˌoverinˈclusive a.
| 1939 Jrnl. Mental Sci. LXXXV. 1019 The inability to select and to restrict, and to eliminate the less closely related elements from the conceptual structure, means that the psychological boundaries are functionally insufficient. The result of this situation is over-inclusion. 1942 Hanfmann & Kasanin Conceptual Thinking in Schizophrenia vii. 95 Some of the examples that Cameron brings as illustrating overinclusion can be also seen as examples of extreme primitivisation of thinking. 1951 Cameron & Magaret Behavior Pathol. xv. 457 The concept of overinclusion was first developed operationally, in connection with the sorting of behavior of schizophrenic patients. But its use since then has been expanded to cover a wide range of behavioral disorganization, both normal and abnormal. Ibid. 458 Excitement of any kind can lead to overinclusive behavior. 1974 Psychiatric Q. XLVIII. 109 (title) Investigation of factors related to stimulus overinclusion. |