Category: A

  • Active listening

    In communication theory, paraphrasing what others have said which demonstrates interest and understanding of the conversation. Focusing your full attention on what the other person is saying while at the same time letting that person know you understand and care. A collaborative process of attending the message being conveyed by the communicator and then feeding…

  • Active learning

    In education, learning situations in which the learner is directly involved in the experiences by doing.  

  • Active immunity

    The body’s immune system is stimulated to develop antibodies to a particular antigen. Immunity which is acquired by catching and surviving an infectious disease or by vaccination with a weakened form of the disease, which makes the body form antibodies. Form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens.…

  • Active euthanasia

    Direct euthanasia. Process of taking deliberate action that will hasten the client’s death.  

  • Active coping

    In psychology, adjusting that results when people assume they can control their own behavior and patterns of interaction, reactive coping.  

  • Activation

    Energy mobilization. In immunology, the process that stimulates resting (nonfunctional) white blood cells to assume their role in the immune response. The process involves recognition of an antigen or a response to cytokines. Radioactivity induction through the deliberate exposure to neutrons or alternative forms of radiation; alongside the infusion of fluid into a fabricated cell…

  • Activating effects

    In psychology, influences on the motivation or stimulation of behavior organizing effects.  

  • Activated charcoal

    Powdered charcoal that has been treated to increase its powers of absorption. purified powder form of charcoal used as a potent antidote in the treatment of some forms of poisoning. Given orally, usually as a slurry, it aids in the adsorption of many different agents. An agent given by mouth or nasogastric tube to absorb…

  • Action-specific energy

    In ethology, the proposition that the energy for instinctive behavior is specifically available to certain reactions in the presence of certain stimuli referred to as releasers.  

  • Action project

    A school-based activity with specific carryover into the community are intended to make the learning experience relevant in the social life of learners. Examples include surveying the community, environmental cleanup, and participating in screening programs sponsored by a clinic.