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association
association in psychology, a connection between different sensations, feelings, or ideas by virtue of their previous occurrence together in experience. The concept of association entered contemporary psychology through the empiricist philosophers John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, and David ... Read more
trade association
trade association group of business people in the same trade or industry organized for the advancement of common interests. The trade association differs from the chamber of commerce in that membership is by industry rather than by locality. The common interests binding the members of the trade a... Read more
associative law
associative law in mathematics, law holding that for a given operation combining three quantities, two at a time, the initial pairing is arbitrary; e.g., using the operation of addition, the numbers 2, 3, and 4 may be combined (2+3)+4=5+4=9 or 2+(3+4)=2+7=9. More generally, in addition, for any thr... Read more
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), private organization devoted to furthering the work of scientists and improving the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare. The association was founded in 1848; it presently includes some 143,000 individual members, as ... Read more
American Bar Association
American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law throughout the nation, and maintaini... Read more
American Library Association
American Library Association founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. As the major professional association for librarians and libraries, it seeks to maintain high standards for all branches of library... Read more
National Rifle Association of America
National Rifle Association of America (NRA), group founded (1871) to promote shooting, hunting, firearm safety, and wildlife conservation. The NRA has nearly 3 million members. The association sponsors shooting competitions and maintains a collection of antique and modern firearms. It also lobbies ... Read more
Latin American Integration Association
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA), organization formed in 1980 by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, taking over the duties of the Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA), which had been created in 1960 to establis... Read more
savings and loan association
savings and loan association type of financial institution that was originally created to accept savings from private investors and to provide home mortgage services for the public. The first U.S. savings and loan association was founded in 1831. In 1932, the Federal Home Loan Bank System was ... Read more
American Association of University Professors
American Association of University Professors (AAUP), organization of college and university teachers. It was founded (1915) for the purpose of defending faculty rights, most notably academic freedom and tenure (see tenure , in education). It also addresses the issues of college and university g... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "associative"

Associative property
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Associative property In algebra, a binary operation...binary operations of this type. The associative property is a property that binary operations...example of a binary operation that is associative (obeys the associative principle...
associative law
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition associative law in mathematics, law holding that...any three numbers a, b, and c the associative law is expressed as ( a + b )+ c...Multiplication of numbers is also associative, i.e., ( a × b )×...
Tolerance, Drug
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...between operant (or instrumental) and associative (or classically conditioned) drug...history who rarely drinks and drives. Associative or classically conditioned models of...Perhaps the most influential of the associative tolerance models is Shepard Siegel...
Commutative Property
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...the same rotation. An operation * is associative if for all A, B, and C, (A * B...an operation is both commutative and associative, it can be applied to a finite number...without tediously and repeatedly using the associative and commutative properties to bring...
Learning
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging ...involves relations between events is called associative learning, and the primary forms of associative learning are called classical and instrumental...during testing than do younger adults. Associative learning is most commonly investigated...
Agnosia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders ...classified as either apperceptive agnosia or associative agnosia. This classification continues...concentric scribbles. Conversely, associative agnosics have normal perception, but...generally implicated in the deficit. ASSOCIATIVE VISUAL AGNOSIA Even when perception...
Field
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...laws: a + b = b + a and ab = ba. 3.Associative laws: a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c and...are closed. They are commutative and associative because integers are commutative and associative. The ratio 0/1 is an additive identity...
Group
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...y*z) for all x, y, and z in G (associative property). [3] There exists an element...of a, and addition is certainly an associative operation. Another example is the set...and, again, multiplication is an associative operation. The two examples we have...
Matrix
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...closed (among matrices of the same size), commutative, and associative. There is an additive identity (the matrix consisting entirely...the left with each column on the right. Multiplication is associative, but not communicative. That is (AB)C = A(BC) but...
Associationism
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...entering the mind through the senses and undergoing certain associative operations. The philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) introduced...vividness (the most vivid experiences form the strongest associative bonds). In the 20th century, the clearest heir to associationism...

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associative memory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing associative memory ( content-addressable memory...in the memory. Amplifications of the associative memory technique allow for masking the...opposed to an exact match. Small parallel associative memories are used in cache memory and...
associative operation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing associative operation Any dyadic operation ◦...domain of ◦. The law is known as the associative law . An expression involving several adjacent instances of an associative operation can be interpreted unambiguously...
associative addressing
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing associative addressing A method of addressing a...than by using a normal address. An associative memory (or content-addressable memory...additional field of the retrieved word. An associative processor exploits the parallel-access...
associative processor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing associative processor ( content-addressable parallel...parallel memory manipulation properties of associative memory . The ability to interrogate and write to selected bits in each word of associative memory in parallel makes possible word...
associative law
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing associative law See associative operation .
associative network
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing associative network A means of representing relational knowledge as a labeled directed graph . Each vertex of the graph represents a concept...
associative
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x259;tiv; - sh ətiv / • adj. 1. of or involving the action of associating ideas or things: an associative, nonlinear mode of thought. ∎  Comput. of or denoting computer storage in which items are identified...
Work (As a Psychoanalytical Notion)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...either by means of a motor reaction or by associative psychical activity.... [T]his...affect and the ego. The aim of such "associative working over ( assoziative Verarbeitung...By drawing this distinction between associative mental work and a motor discharge comparable...
content-addressable memory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing content-addressable memory ( CAM ) Another name for associative memory . See also associative addressing .
paging
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing ...active may be transferred out to the swapping device. An associative memory indicates the physical location within memory of those...pages that are present. For pages that are not in memory the associative memory will contain a pointer to the backing-store home...

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Smarandache non-associative (SNA-) rings.
Magazine article from: Smarandache Notions Journal; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...introduce the concept of Smarandache non-associative rings, which we shortly denote as SNA...algebraic literature. The only non-associative structures found in Smarandache algebraic...operation defined on them that is non-associative. But SNA-rings are non-associative...
Associative priming in faces: Semantic relatedness or simple co-occurrence?
Magazine article from: Memory & Cognition; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...occurrence and semantic relationships in the associative priming of faces. In Experiment 1...minimum appears to be enough to produce associative priming. In Experiment 2, the computer...face processing. Contemporary views of associative face priming have been much influenced...
The propositional approach to associative learning as an alternative for association formation models
Magazine article from: Learning & Behavior; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Associative learning effects can be defined as changes...theoretical explanation, according to which associative learning effects are the result of the...supported by many studies showing that associative learning effects are determined not...
Associative polymer/particle dispersion phase diagrams III: pigments.
Magazine article from: JCT Research; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...colloidal interactions of both HEUR and HASE associative polymers with pigments in the presence...to achieve good pigment dispersion in associative thickener systems by characterizing...composition) and dispersant composition. Associative thickeners can yield good pigment dispersion...
Simulation of associative learning with the replaced elements model
Magazine article from: Behavior Research Methods; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Associative learning theories can be categorized...the Rescorla-Wagner model (RWM) of associative learning treats stimulus inputs as simple...procedure, according to the RWM, the associative strength of A and B would increase on...
Associative polymer/latex dispersion phase diagrams II: HASE thickeners.
Magazine article from: JCT Research; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; The colloidal interactions of HASE associative polymers and latexes in the presence...are presented for a model HASE anionic associative thickener and various model latexes...variables affecting dispersion behavior are associative polymer concentration, latex particle...
Associative allegiances and political obligations.
Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...this essay I critically assess the associative theory of political obligation. First...concern with political obligation and associative theory's solution to this problem. I then argue that associative models are vulnerable to two main...
IMPROVING ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY IN A NETWORK OF SPIKING NEURONS
Magazine article from: Neural Network World; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Abstract: Associative neural network models are a commonly...methodology when investigating the theory of associative memory in the brain. Comparisons between the mammalian hippocampus and associative memory models of neural networks have...
Associative Computing, Inc. Changes Name to Associative Cognition, Inc.
PR Newswire; 8/6/1998; 700+ words ; ...Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Associative Computing, Inc., the leading software...announced that it has changed its name to Associative Cognition, Inc. ("ACI"). As Associative Cognition, Inc., the company will continue...
Older adults' associative deficit in episodic memory: Assessing the role of decline in attentional resources
Magazine article from: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; In this study, we evaluated an associative deficit hypothesis. This hypothesis...situations in which the item and the associative recognition tests are equated on the...decrease in attentional resources in the associative deficit of older adults by comparing...