Psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid

Re:Psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid by lloeki on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:27AM (#16095415)

Everyone seems to assume the curve starts to shoot up at x=0. I always imagined the steep learning curve's steepness as starting at x>0, thereby creating some stalling or slow growing plateau requiring the bulk of the effort before you reach a certain point where there's a huge, rewarding jump (some "aha" moment) that releases all the build up tension. Compare A (constant, please mentally unjag it) vs B (steep):

    |    A  _.-----
    |     _/ /
    |   _/  /
    | _/   /
    |/    / 
    |----'  B
    +--------------

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Re:Psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid by racer-v on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:58AM (#16095528)

There could be delayed steepness, but I think most people would use "steep" to refer to those moments of struggle and effort along the way, rather than the "aha" feeling of suddenly elevated knowledge after the jump. I don't think there's a term for the latter, except maybe a "satisfying" learning curve.

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Re:Psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid by Tade0 on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:28AM (#16096057)

I've begun to use the term "friendly", as it is unambiguously positive.

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Re:Psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid by diegoperini on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:54AM (#16095513)

Somehow I managed to read your ascii plot without reading twice.

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