Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Sexual intercourse achieved or attempted without the victim’s consent and with the use of force or threat of harm, rape. Sexual intercourse q.v. by means of fear, force, or fraud.  

Allocation of employees’ performance on the basis of their contribution on a scale of best to worst.  

When a person is forced to speak publicly in a manner contrary to his or her own beliefs and there is a change in his or her views on a subject in the direction of the public action.  

Appraisers must choose the most descriptive statement for each category of performance rating, forced-choice item.    

A format of a person inventory in which the response alternatives for each item are equated for social desirability: forced-choice method.  

The opening between the atria of the fetal heart that normally closes shortly after birth. An opening between the two parts of the heart in a fetus. A hole in the septum, the wall that divides the right and left sides of the heart, which normally closes at birth. The opening between the two atria…

The area of a tire that is in contact with the surface of the road.  

The brightness of a surface resulting from illumination and reflection of the surface.  

A technique of social influence in which a small favor is requested first in order to increase later compliance with a more extreme request.  

The amount of light on a surface that can be seen at a distance of one foot from a lightened standard candle.