aussage test

noun

aus·​sa·​ge test

ˈau̇sˌzägə-

psychology

: a test of reliability of testimony in which the subject is required to describe a situation or event familiar to the examiner

Word History

Etymology

German aussage deposition, declaration, from aussagen to depose, declare, from Middle High German ūzsagen, from ūz out (from Old High German) + sagen to say, from Old High German sagēn

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