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- Aptitude-treatment interaction: - Aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) : Aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) refers to a phenomenon whereby characteristics of the student and of the school environment interact to affect student outcomes, such that any given educational practice may be effective with some students but not with others
- AQS (Attachment Q-set) : AQS or Attachment Q-set refers to alternative method of assessing attachment security that is based on observations of the child’s attachment-related behaviors at home which can be used with infants, toddlers, and preschool children.
Arachnophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. Sufferers from arachnophobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize the risk of encountering a spider and being harmed by it is small or nonexistent. They may avoid going barefoot and may be especially alert when taking showers or getting into and out of bed. This phobia was exploited in a 1990 movie called Arachnophobia.
Arbitrary rightness which is exemplified when issues arise that have no clear solution one way or the other, and a person arbitrarily chooses one solution, thereby ending debate.
Arbitration refers to the resolution of a conflict by a neutral third party who studies both sides and imposes a settlement. It is a form of Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party.