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- Adaptive control of thought (ACT ) model of memory : Adaptive control of thought (ACT) model of memory is a theory of memory developed by John Anderson that specifies a networked memory comprised of working memory, declarative memory, and procedural memory.

Deutsch: Adaptives Bewältigen / Español: Afrontamiento Adaptativo / Português: Enfrentamento Adaptativo / Français: Coping Adaptatif / Italiano: Coping Adattivo

Adaptive Coping in the context of psychology refers to the constructive and flexible strategies individuals employ to manage and respond to stress, challenges, or adversity. Unlike maladaptive coping mechanisms, which can exacerbate stress and lead to negative outcomes, adaptive coping promotes resilience, well-being, and positive adjustment.

Adaptive features are those features that an organism possesses that allow it to survive and reproduce.

Adaptive functioning refers to the person's ability to cope effectively with ordinary life demands, to live independently, and to abide by community standards. Adaptive functioning is

Adaptive reflexes refer to reflexes such as sucking that help newborns survive; some adaptive reflexes persist throughout life.

Adaptive self -organization refers to the process by which an open system retains its essential identity when confronted with new and constant environmental conditions. It creates new substructures, revises the relationships among components, and establishes new, higher levels of organization that coordinate existing substructures. Moreover, it is adjustments made by an operating system in which feedback mechanisms identify and respond to environmental changes in order to maintain and enhance the functioning of the system

Adaptive significance refers to the effectiveness of behaviour in aiding organisms to adjust to changing environmental conditions.

Adaptive strategy choice model refers to Siegler's model to describe how strategies change over time; the view that multiple strategies exist within a child's cognitive repertoire at any one time, with these strategies competing with one another for use.