affective

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You might be confusing the word affective with effective. These words are commonly misused.

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Adjective[change]

Positive
affective

Comparative
more affective

Superlative
most affective

  1. (psychology) An affective response, domain, disorder, etc is one that relates to the emotions.
    We explored the cognitive and affective responses of parents of youth ice hockey players to the change.

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