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Automatic Processing Automatic Processing is sort of like muscle memory. When you start to do something that you have done many times,…

Attrition Attrition happens when a group gets smaller in number because of members dropping out. In psychology, the reliability of a research…

Attribution Theory Attribution theory is a Social Psychological theory that relates to the way in which people explain their own behavior and…

Attribution Technically speaking, attribution is the process by which people use the information to make inferences about the causes of behavior or…

Attitudes Attitudes can be defined as an affective feeling of liking or disliking toward an object (which can be basically anything) that…

Attention Attention is focusing on one thing while ignoring other things that may be going on at the same time. If you…

Attachment Attachment can pertain to all people, regardless of age, but typically relates to the attachment between children and caregivers (usually the…

Ataxia When the brain is unable to regulate the body’s posture and direction of movement, it causes shaky and unsteady movements. This…

Associative Learning This is a “learning” or “conditioning” term that refers to learning that two different events occur or happen together. This…

Association Theory This theory stems from behaviorism and states that concepts are learned by simple, reinforced connections between a stimulus and the…