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Glossary A
Alienation refers to the separation from nature, other people, or oneself that results in feelings of loneliness, emptiness, or despair.
The term "Alienist" was heading for obsolescence until it was returned to a position of some prominence by the 1994 book "The Alienist" by the historian/novelist Caleb Carr.
Alkalosis refers to an abnormal increase in blood concentration of OH-ions, resulting in a rise in arterial pH above 7.45.
Alkalosis is also defined as an abnormally high level of alkaline in the body.
All-or-none law refers to the principle stating that the size, amplitude, and velocity of the action potential are independent of the intensity of the stimulus that initiated it.
- All-or-Nothing (Faulty Heuristics) : Englisch: Sports Psychology
Examples of Faulty Heuristics
All-or-Nothing refers to a faulty heuristics which means seeing only the extremes in a situation.
Examples of Faulty Heuristics
All-or-Nothing refers to a faulty heuristics which means seeing only the extremes in a situation.
All-or-nothing thinking is classifying objects or events as absolutely right or wrong, good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable, and so forth with nothing in between.
All-or-nothing thinking is engaging in black-or-white thinking. Thinking in extremes, such as all good or all bad, with nothing in the middle.