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Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) a professional organization founded in 1960 by the National Association of Social Workers to provide certification of competence…

Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) a global professional organization for eating disorders research, education, treatment, and prevention. It advocates for patients with…

Academic Self-Concept an individual’s evaluation of his or her success in academic or educational studies. The two aspects of this evaluation are…

Academic Overachievement 1. academic performance that exceeds the expected level for a particular individual, or the usual predicted attainment level, especially as indicated…

Academic Intelligence Task a task that requires the use of academic skills and knowledge, such as one that involves solving arithmetic problems…

Academic Freedom within an institution of learning, the liberty of a teacher to educate, of a student to study, and of both…

Academic Aptitude competence or capacity to perform a scholastic mental act, such as the ability to learn quickly in areas of scholarship…

Academic adj. relating to formal learning with conventional or theoretical study at a school or other educational institution.

ABX paradigm a psychophysical procedure in which a pair of auditory stimuli (A and B) are presented, followed by another stimulus (X).…

Abuse Potential the relative likelihood that a particular psychoactive substance will reinforce drug-taking behavior to the point of abuse. Factors that determine…