arousability
- noun
- /əˌraʊzəˈbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
:
arousal
- Her low arousability meant that she rarely became excited or stimulated by external events.
- arousability rating
- sexual arousability
- Trait arousability
Examples
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Self-report measures of distractibility and arousability were administered 2 weeks before the subjects were tested on the distraction task.
Academic text (1990) -
Reactivity refers to the excitability, responsivity, or arousability of behavioral and physiological systems.
Academic text (1998) -
Therefore, we expected that the rating times of the sexual pictures and the arousability ratings would be related.
Academic text (2004) -
However, there was a relationship between rating times for the sexual pictures and arousability ratings.
Academic text (2004) -
Interestingly, the relationship between rating times and arousability ratings was only present in the sexual film group.
Academic text (2004) -
Recent work has shown that the APS is a predictor of more general arousability.
Academic text (1990) -
Mehrabian's inventory includes an assessment of arousability, which is argued to be a consequence of distractibility.
Academic text (1990) -
Consistent with previous literature, the self-report measures of distractibility and arousability were correlated with the broad trait of neuroticism.
Academic text (1990) -
A person's arousability can affect how readily they respond to stimuli in their environment.
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The study measured the arousability of participants to determine their sensitivity to emotional cues.
Synonyms
1
6.8
How quickly a person or thing responds to a stimulus like noise
1
6.5
Quick to react to strong feelings or to changes in the body
A tendency to become lively or eager quickly
A quality that makes someone want to eat or have something
The quality of being attractive and making people want something
A tendency to feel sexual desire or romantic love
How Reactive
- Specialized
29
4.1
1
6.8
- Specialized
9
4.3
1
7.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Arousability comes from arouse ('to wake up or excite') and the ending -ability ('can be done'), and it is like rouse ('to wake'). So, arousability means how easily someone can be woken or made excited.