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Archetypes refers to universal, symbolic images that appear in myths, art, stories, and dreams; to Jungians, they reflect the collective unconscious.

Architectural Acoustics refers to the study of how sounds are reflected in rooms. An important concern of Architectural Acoustics is how these reflected sounds change the quality of the sounds we hear.

Architectural Constraints (or Architectural Innateness) refer to ways in which the architecture of the brain is organized at birth; the type and manner in which information can be processed by the brain.

Architectural Psychology refers to the study of the effects buildings have on behavior and the design of buildings using behavioral principles.

Archival analysis refers to a form of the observational method, whereby the researcher examines the accumulated documents, or archives, of a culture (e.g., diaries, novels, magazines, and newspapers).

Archival Research refers to a kind of research that involves the use of previously collected data. Archival Research are correlational investigations that are based on pre-existing information obtained by researchers, such as historical records, newspaper articles, or other forms of public data. It is looking at historical records (archives) to measure behaviors or events that occurred in the past.

Arcuate Fasciculus refers to the primary pathway in the brain between Wernicke's area and Broca's area.

Arcuate nucleus is hypothalamic area with one set of neurons sensitive to hunger signals and another sensitive to satiety signals