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Adjustment Adjustment may be defined as a process of altering behavior to reach a harmonious relationship with the environment. When people say …

Adaptation-Level Phenomenon Adaptation-Level Phenomenon is the tendency people have to quickly adapt to a new situation until that situation becomes the norm. …

Adaptation Things change. As humans, we must also change. Adaptation refers to an individual’s ability to adjust to changes and new experiences, …

Acute Schizophrenia This term is no longer used commonly, but used to refer to a disorder characterized primarily by a sudden onset …

Actor-Observer Bias This is a social psychology term that refers to the tendency of an individual to regard situations in which he …

Active Listening Active listening comes from the theories of Carl Rogers’ person-centered therapy. This type of listening involves a person (typically a …

Action Potential Many people often think that the neural impulse (the firing of a neuron) is actually the action potential. However, the …

Acrophobia An irrational fear of heights or high places. Many people dislike heights, but someone with a clinical case of acrophobia can …

Acquisition Acquisition refers to the initial stage of the learning or conditioning process. In this stage, some response is being associated with …

Acoustic Encoding Acoustic Encoding is the process of remembering and comprehending something that you hear. Repetition of words or putting information into …