Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Attention fragmentation
Attention fragmentation is the dispersion of cognitive resources among many stimuli, tasks or channels, which reduces the continuity of focus.
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Attention limit
Attentional limit is the limited ability to maintain and divide cognitive resources between stimuli, tasks and decisions.
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Attention management
Attention management is the conscious organization of the environment, goals, and stimuli so that attention supports important activities rather than…
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Attitude
Attitude is a relatively fixed way of interpreting situations, one's own abilities and the importance of effort.
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Attribution
Attribution is the way we explain the reasons for our own and others' behavior.
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Attribution error
Attribution error is the tendency to overestimate a person's characteristics and underestimate the situation when explaining his or her behavior.
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Authenticity
Authenticity is the congruence between values, identity and way of acting in the world.
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Automatic thoughts
Automatic thoughts are quick, often involuntary interpretations of situations that influence emotions and behavior.
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Automatisms
Automatisms are established reactions, habits or patterns triggered by the context without a full conscious decision.
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Autonomous balance
Autonomic balance is the relative balance between sympathetic arousal and parasympathetic regulation in the autonomic nervous system.
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Autonomy
Autonomy is the ability to manage one's life in accordance with values and conscious choice.
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Autoregulation
Self-regulation is the ability to manage emotions, attention and behavior in accordance with goals and values.
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Availability heuristics
The availability heuristic is judging the likelihood or importance of a phenomenon based on how easily examples come to mind.
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Avoidance
Avoidance is moving away from situations, emotions, tasks or stimuli that are associated with anxiety, discomfort or overload.
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