As is standard in this paradigm, incorrect responses were defined as valence judgments opposite to the actual valence of the target word (e.g., responding "good" to a negative target).
All signs point toward Mr Scalia coming to exactly the opposite judgment this time around.
The suicide bombers of al-Qaeda made the opposite judgment, reckoning that by drawing America into action against Muslim countries they could win recruits for an Islamic revolution.
Johnny seemed to be going through some kind of parallel evaluation, but one that reached an entirely opposite judgment: "Sure it's only a dime.
The Police Federation is engaged in a political fight with the government and we still don't know the full story – so let's not sprint to judgment in the opposite direction either.
If, to Hadrian and to Yourcenar, their lives seemed crazy or dull or just plain obliterated, these magnificent Latinate constructions, with their main clauses and their subordinate clauses — that is, with distinctions, with judgment — say the opposite.
An instant poll, of the sort that pops up on your screen while you're attempting to read debate coverage, encourages snap and solitary judgment, the very opposite of what's necessary for the exercise of good citizenship.
And that means that we think that the opposite judgment would be incorrect.
Over time, the Supreme Court's 1951 decision, which put public peace ahead of freedom of expression, was superseded by nearly opposite judgments in later cases.
