Glossary

Category: A

  • Association by contiguity

    In psychology a state of functional relationship between two or more stimuli, situations, ideas, or concepts resulting from being experienced in temporal or special proximity so that one will evoke the other.  

  • Association areas

    In anatomy those parts of the cortex that are not projection areas tend to be involved with the integration of sensory information or of motor commands. An area of cerebral cortex that lies away from the main areas that are concerned with the reception of sensory impulses and the start of motor impulses but is…

  • Associate staff

    In health care facilities, a hospital staff position usually held by new, young, or inexperienced physicians.    

  • Associate play

    Play that involves a common activity, but that does not require cooperation among children other than perhaps sharing materials or conversation. The children involved in work independently of each other toward goals of their own choosing.  

  • Associate degree

    A degree or award based on less than 4 years of academic education beyond high school, frequently awarded by a community college or junior college. The degree awarded by most two-year colleges and universities to students who successfully complete their program of study, such as an Associate in Arts (A.A.), Associate in Science (A.S.), Associate…

  • Associatedness of race (or other attributes)

    In the development of awareness of racial dimensions of social life, preschool children’s tendency to connect race and attributes unrelated to race.  

  • Assistant-to

    An understudy position to develop managers. A person who helps someone, usually as a job.  

  • Assistant superintendent

    An administrative position in a school district that primarily assists the superintendent in administrative duties.  

  • Assistant principal

    An administrative position in an individual school that primarily assists the principal in administrative duties.  

  • Assign-study-recite formula

    A teaching formula that is subject-centered that emphasizes assimilation q.v. of information by the learners and the method of explanation by the teacher which follows this procedure: (a) explanation and assignment, (b) study through reading, research, or written exercises; (c) application, Herbatian steps in learning; Morrison plan; assimilation.