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Augmentation principle

Augmentation principle refers to a rule of attribution which states that the perceived role of a cause will be augmented (increased) if other factors are present that would work against the behavior

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) refers to a communication system which supplements, or in some cases, replaces the use of natural speech.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) refers to a Communication System which supplements, or in some cases, replaces the use of natural speech.

Augmenting Principle

Augmenting Principle is a term used to refer to the tendency to attach greater importance to a potential cause of Behavior if the Behavior occurs despite the presence of other, inhibitory causes.

Moreover, Augmenting Principle is a term used when making attributions, people tend to decide that behavior must be due to a dispositional cause when a person behaves in a manner that is inconsistent with the requirements of the situation.

Auguste Ambroise Liebeault

Auguste Ambroise Liebeault (1823 to 1904) refers to the founder of the Nancy school of hypnotism.

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Auguste Comte (1798-1857)

- Auguste Comte (1798-1857) : Auguste Comte refers to the founder of Positivism and coiner of the term Sociology. He felt that cultures passed through three stages in the way they explained phenomena: the theological, the metaphysical, and the scientific.

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Auscultation

Auscultation (o-skuhl-TAY-shuhn) noun 1. The act of listening. 2. The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders.

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Authentic assessment

Authentic assessment refers to evaluation based on real performance, rather than test performance, showing mastery of a task

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