elicited
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation: Describes a response, reaction, or information that is drawn out or brought to the surface by a specific stimulus, action, or questioning. It is not spontaneous but is produced as a direct result of an external trigger.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The researcher recorded the elicited response to the auditory stimulus.
- Her confession was elicited only after hours of careful questioning.
- The painting elicited a strong emotional reaction from the viewers.
Advanced Usage
- In Psychology/Neuroscience: Often used to describe measurable physiological or behavioral reactions to controlled stimuli.
- The study measured elicited brainwave patterns, known as evoked potentials.
- In Linguistics: Refers to language data obtained by prompting a speaker, as opposed to observing natural speech.
- The linguist used pictures to gather elicited speech samples from the participants.
Variants and Related Words
- Elicit (verb): To draw out or bring forth (a response, answer, or fact) from someone.
- The teacher tried to elicit opinions from the quiet students.
- Elicitation (noun): The act or process of eliciting.
- The elicitation of the truth was a slow and difficult process.
Synonyms
- Evoked: Brought about or summoned, especially a mental image or reaction.
- Provoked: Stimulated or incited a reaction, often a strong or emotional one.
- Induced: Succeeded in persuading or influencing someone to do something or in causing a state.
Related Phrases
- Elicited response: A standard phrase in scientific contexts for a reaction caused by a specific stimulus.
- The experiment's success depended on measuring the precise timing of the elicited response.
- Elicit information: A common collocation meaning to obtain information through questioning or other means.
- The detective's primary goal was to elicit information from the witness.
Adjective
- called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
- evoked potentials
- an elicited response