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trainability

trainability

4.3
How easy it is to teach an animal or person new things
  • noun
  • /ˌtreɪnəˈbɪləti/
translation icon : entrenabilidad
  • Four types of selection outcomes constituted 20 items in the questionnaire: candidate A, who was selected, had a higher trainability score ("A > B / Select A"); candidate A had a higher trainability score, but candidate B was selected ("A > B / select B"); candidate B, who was selected, had a higher trainability score ("A < B / select B"); and candidate B had a higher score, but candidate A was selected ("A < B / select A").
  • trainability score
  • high trainability

Examples

  • I rather assume most people who use this term are actually referring to a dog's "trainability."

    Blog text (33)

  • The size of the discrepancy between the two candidates' trainability scores.

    Academic text (1992)

  • A number of authorities noted that, with household help now at a premium, parents must take advantage of the trainability of young children simply to find time for the rest of their own lives.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Four types of selection outcomes constituted 20 items in the questionnaire: candidate A, who was selected, had a higher trainability score ("A > B / Select A"); candidate A had a higher trainability score, but candidate B was selected ("A > B / select B"); candidate B, who was selected, had a higher trainability score ("A < B / select B"); and candidate B had a higher score, but candidate A was selected ("A < B / select A").

    Academic text (1992)

  • Four types of selection outcomes constituted 20 items in the questionnaire: candidate A, who was selected, had a higher trainability score ("A > B / Select A"); candidate A had a higher trainability score, but candidate B was selected ("A > B / select B"); candidate B, who was selected, had a higher trainability score ("A < B / select B"); and candidate B had a higher score, but candidate A was selected ("A < B / select A").

    Academic text (1992)

  • In general, the study showed that the fairness perception of selection outcomes was a function of "performance-relevant merits" (i.e., the trainability score as a predictor of future training performance).

    Academic text (1992)

  • This conception of intelligence stresses trainability, or the demonstrated ability to profit from learning experiences (Corman & Budoff, 1973), in contrast to a more traditional view of intelligence as fixed and unmodifiable.

    Academic text (1990)

  • To induce the "self-other" comparison process, subjects were instructed that they themselves were candidate A and candidate B belonged to an ethnic-minority group. Fairness judgments were then based on the comparison between the subjects' own trainability scores and those of a minority candidate.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The dog's high trainability makes it an excellent candidate for obedience competitions.

  • Her success as a puppy trainer is largely due to the trainability of the breeds she works with.

Synonyms

teachability
vstrainability
4.1

Being willing and able to learn from other people

is more about how easily someone acquires skills when guided

How Trainable

trainability
4.3
resistance
  • Specialized
3 7.3
stubbornness
21 3.6

Surface Forms

trainability singular
trainabilities plural

Morphology

trainability = trainable (transparent) = train + able + ity

Regular nominalization of 'trainable' with '-ity'; the meaning (capacity to be taught) is directly derived.

Etymology

Trainability comes from train ('to teach') plus -able ('can be') and -ity ('the quality of'), so it literally means the 'quality of being able to be taught'. This is why the trainability of a dog or person tells you how easy they are to teach.