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Descriptor English: Semantic Differential
Descriptor Spanish: Diferencial Semántico
Descriptor diferencial semántico
Scope note: Análisis de conceptos de palabras por la asociación de adjetivos polares, por ejemplo, bueno-malo, con el concepto, padre. Los adjetivos suelen estar en una escala de 7 peldaños. La colocación por parte del sujeto del concepto sobre la escala adjetival indica el significado connotativo del concepto.
Descriptor Portuguese: Diferencial Semântico
Descriptor French: Différenciation sémantique
Entry term(s): Differential, Semantic
Differentials, Semantic
Semantic Differentials
Tree number(s): F02.694.663
F04.711.647.745
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012659
Scope note: Analysis of word concepts by the association of polar adjectives, e.g., good-bad, with the concept, father. The adjectives are usually scaled in 7 steps. The subject's placement of the concept on the adjectival scale indicates the connotative meaning of the concept.
Annotation: a type of psychological test: do not confuse with SEMANTICS
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
Previous Indexing: Psychological Tests (1966-1967)
Semantics (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Entry Version: SEMANTIC DIFFER
DeCS ID: 13041
Unique ID: D012659
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1992/05/18
Semantic Differential - Preferred
Concept UI M0019626
Scope note Analysis of word concepts by the association of polar adjectives, e.g., good-bad, with the concept, father. The adjectives are usually scaled in 7 steps. The subject's placement of the concept on the adjectival scale indicates the connotative meaning of the concept.
Preferred term Semantic Differential
Entry term(s) Differential, Semantic
Differentials, Semantic
Semantic Differentials



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