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Anecdotal Evidence Anecdotal Evidence is information you obtain from a subjective report, an observation, or some kind of example that may or…

Androgyny Someone who is androgynous has both male and female traits. This is not to say that the person has male and…

Androgen Androgens are the hormones that control sexual development. They can be naturally produced by the body or synthetically produced. Among their…

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Analysis of variance is a statistical test to determine if all sample groups in a study are affected…

Anal-Retentive (anal stage of motivational development) The anal stage of motivational development is characterized by the child’s central area of bodily concern…

Anal-Expulsive Freudʼs psychosexual theory of development has several stages and lots of elements within those stages. The term anal-expulsive refers to a…

Anal Stage The anal stage is one of the stages in Freudʼs psychosexual theory of development, which occurs in the second year…

Anal Character This term is an extension of Freudʼs anal stage of development (you remember Freudʼs stages of development, right?) in which…

Anaclitic Depression This is a type of depression that occurs primarily in infants who have been separated from or lost their mothers…

Amygdala No, this is not pronounced “ah-mig-DAH-la”, but rather, “ah-MIG-dah-la” (don’t ask me why I felt compelled to include the pronunciation!). The…