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单词 affective
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Definition of affective in English:

affective

adjective əˈfɛktɪvæˈfɛktɪv
Psychology
  • 1Relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes.

    affective disorders
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There was also a low prevalence of affective disorders in the violent group.
    • This method has been successfully employed in other subliminal affective priming studies.
    • It was designed to measure both affective and evaluative components of attitudes toward one's current job.
    • A therapeutic range has not been established for valproic acid in affective disorders.
    • Most defendants who were hospitalised had diagnoses of schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorder.
    Synonyms
    aesthetically pleasing, aesthetic, pleasurable, gratifying, rich, sumptuous, luxurious
    1. 1.1 Denoting or relating to mental disorders in which disturbance of mood is the primary symptom.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The women who reported more severe coercion were more likely to be diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder.
      • No change in affective illness morbidity was observed in the group where the lithium dose was not altered.
      • Episodes of psychosis recurring each autumn sounds like an extreme version of seasonal affective disorder.
      • In this section we continue with the second major group of disorders; what are called the mood or affective disorders.
      • Of a total of 55 participants with complete data, 43 reported a lifetime affective disorder.

Derivatives

  • affectively

  • adverb
    Psychology
    • Another expected outcome of being affectively similar to others is a high self-perception of one's influence level in the group.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pat appears to ‘extend herself out’ to her father, but she does this only cognitively, not affectively.
      • Complex animal vocalizations appear more akin to music, with its vaguely defined, affectively rich ‘meaning.’
      • His playing is at once affectively specific and goal oriented.
      • According to the McMaster model of family functioning, parents need to be affectively involved with their children.
  • affectivity

  • noun afɛkˈtɪvɪtiəˌfɛkˈtɪvədi
    Psychology
    • The song was politicised, reflexive and drenched in affectivity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Different terms and words have different affectivity depending on the market.
      • For example, mothers high in trait negative affectivity may have more negative social information processing styles.
      • Such exposures resulted in decreased verbal attention, visual memory, motoricity, and affectivity.
      • Negative affectivity is a general sense of dissatisfaction across time and situation.

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from late Latin affectivus, from afficere (see affect2).

 
 

Definition of affective in US English:

affective

adjectiveaˈfektivæˈfɛktɪv
Psychology
  • Relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes.

    affective disorders
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most defendants who were hospitalised had diagnoses of schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorder.
    • It was designed to measure both affective and evaluative components of attitudes toward one's current job.
    • A therapeutic range has not been established for valproic acid in affective disorders.
    • There was also a low prevalence of affective disorders in the violent group.
    • This method has been successfully employed in other subliminal affective priming studies.
    Synonyms
    aesthetically pleasing, aesthetic, pleasurable, gratifying, rich, sumptuous, luxurious

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from late Latin affectivus, from afficere (see affect).

 
 
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