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Ambience refers to the psychological reaction (mood, feelings, emotions) evoked by a Setting ("ambience").

Ambient environment refers to the Sensory surroundings, including temperature, odor, and sound.

Deutsch: Umgebungsstress / Español: Estrés ambiental / Português: Estresse ambiental / Français: Stress ambiant / Italiano: Stress ambientale /

Ambient stress refer to chronic environmental conditions that, although not urgent, are negatively valued and place adaptive demands on people.

In psychology, ambiguity refers to a lack of clarity or definiteness in information or stimuli. Ambiguity can arise from vague or unclear statements, conflicting information, or complex and confusing situations.

Ambiguous loss refers to a Condition in which death is uncertain because there is no verification of death, as when a soldier is missing in action and there is no body, or when a per

Ambivalence refers to mixed positive and negative feelings or simultaneous attraction and repulsion.

Ambivalence also refer to positive and negative Values that often exist simultaneously; can refer to uncertainty about taking a particular direction or frequent vacillation between two (2) different perspectives or courses of action ; one of the "four A’s” used to identify the Splitting of the external reality in schizophrenia. (see Eugen Bleuler)

The other "A's are: Affect, Autism and (loosening of) Associations.

Deutsch: Ambivalente Bindung / Español: Apego ambivalente / Português: Apego ambivalente / Français: Attachement ambivalent / Italiano: Attaccamento ambivalente

Ambivalent Attachment is a concept within the field of psychology that describes a specific pattern of attachment behavior observed primarily in infants and young children, though its effects can extend into adulthood. This type of attachment is characterized by a child's inconsistent and sometimes contradictory behavior towards a caregiver. When the caregiver is present, the child may exhibit strong clinginess and dependency, yet also show resistance or anger when the caregiver attempts to offer comfort or intimacy. This behavior is believed to stem from the caregiver's inconsistent availability and responsiveness to the child's needs, leading the child to become unsure about the reliability and predictability of the caregiver's support.

Ambivalent attitudes refer to evaluations of targets that include both positive and negative elements