ASSOCIATIONISM
n. the theory that complex mental processes, such as thinking, learning, and memory, can be mainly explained by the associative…
ASSOCIATIONIST
n. a psychological theorist who believes that the process of learning and higher-order functioning can be described as the acquisition,…
ASSOCIATIONISTIC THEORY OF LEARNING
one of various theories that describes learning as occurring through a process of forming associations among items. These items may…
ASSOCIATION-REACTION TIME
in any type of word-association test, the time that has elapsed between stimulus presentation and the response.
ASSOCIATIVE ANAMNESIS
a psychiatric interview technique whereby the client provides an autobiographical account of his or her history and difficulties, while the…
ASSOCIATIVE CLUSTERING
the tendency for items with preexisting associations in memory to be recalled together during the verbal recall of a word…
ASSOCIATIVE ILLUSION
a simple visual illusion produced by the interaction of multiple parts of a design.
ASSOCIATIVE LAW
any of the principles referring to how associations are acquired and strengthened. These terms were originally derived from British empiricist…
ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING
a type of learning in which bonds are formed between varying element of the materials. In different learning theories, these…
ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY
1. a memory of a past event or place that may occur by recalling something associated with it. 2. retrieval…
ASSOCIATIVE PLAY
a preliminary type of social play that occurs among young preschool children, in which two or more children interact, possibly…
ASSOCIATIVE STRENGTH
the strength of an association between two items (e.g., a stimulus and response or between two items in memory). Associative…
ASSOCIATIVE THINKING
an unconscious or uncontrolled cognitive activity in which the mind wanders
ASSOCIATIVE-CHAIN THEORY
in learning theory some types of behavioral psychology (see behaviorism), a theory of how complex behaviors, including some linguistic behaviors,…
ASSORTATIVE MATING
a type of mating behavior in which mates are chosen based on specific traits (e.g., attractiveness, similarity of body size…
ASSUMED ROLE
a behavioral role adopted by a person who accepts a particular social position or status, with the belief that his…
ASSUMPTION
u. 1. the premise or supposition that something is a fact, therefore, this is the act of taking something for…
ASSYMPTOTIC NORMALITY
a property of a statistical distribution whereby the distribution becomes indistinguishable from the normal distribution, because one or more of…