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Associative shifting

Deutsch: Assoziatives Verschieben / Español: Desplazamiento Asociativo / Português: Deslocamento Associativo / Français: Déplacement Associatif / Italiano: Spostamento Associativo /

Associative shifting refers to a Thorndikean concept that describes a process whereby a response is gradually shifted to a situation entirely different from that in which it was learned. One way of doing this is to change the initial stimulus very gradually, a process called fading.

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Associative splitting

Associative splitting refers to the separation among basic functions of human personality, for example, cognition, emotion, and perception seen by some as the defining characteristic of schizophrenia.

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Associative visual agnosia

Associative visual agnosia refers to a visual problem having to do with difficulty in assigning meaning to an object.

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Associativity

Associativity is the tendency for pairing a weak input with a stronger input to enhance the later effectiveness of the weaker input

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Assortative mating

Assortative mating refers to a tendency for two (2) people who are married to be similar to each other on a variety of physical and psychological variables. Assortative mating is a theory that states that people find partners based on their similarity to each other.

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Assortative mating (homogamy)

- Assortative mating (homogamy) : Assortative mating (homogamy ) refers to the tendency to mate with someone who has traits similar to one's own.

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Assumption

Assumption refers to a fact, statement, or premise that is considered true and that guides the underlying logic of a theory. Assumption is aso defined as a belief important in reasoning, accepted as fact but often unprovable.

Assumptive reality

Assumptive reality refer to assumptions about situations and people that one believes are real and true.

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