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Individualization

The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation.

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Discrimination 76% connected

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

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Secernment 76% connected

The act or process of secreting.

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Individualize 74% connected

The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality.

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Individualize 74% connected

The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality.

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Individuation 92% connected

The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization.

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Abience noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object

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Adience noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object

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Ambiversion noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion

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Association theory noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity

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Breaking point noun · 71% connection

(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial

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Chunking noun · 71% connection

(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

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Configurationism noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

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Constitutional psychology noun · 71% connection

(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…

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Double bind noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful

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Experimenter bias noun · 71% connection

(psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to t…

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Extravert noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

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Extrovert noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

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Generalisation noun · 71% connection

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

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Gestalt psychology noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

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Introjection noun · 71% connection

(psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that th…

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Law of effect noun · 71% connection

(psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated w…

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Mental condition noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…

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Mental state noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…

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Detailing noun · 78% connection

an individualized description of a particular instance

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Particularization noun · 78% connection

an individualized description of a particular instance

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Individualized imp. & p. p. · 72% connection

of Individualize

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Individualizing p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

of Individualize

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