automaticity

(noun)

The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.

Related Terms

Examples of automaticity in the following topics:

  • Automatic Stabilizers Versus Discretionary Policy

    • Automatic stabilizers and discretionary policy differ in terms of timing of implementation and what each approach sets out to achieve.
    • In fiscal policy, there are two different approaches to stabilizing the economy: automatic stabilizers and discretionary policy.
    • On the other hand, automatic stabilizers are limited in that they focus on managing the aggregate demand of a country.
    • For example, if an economy is going through a recession because its workers lack a certain set of skills, automatic stabilizers cannot address that problem.
    • Finally, automatic stabilizers, such as the tax code and social service agencies, exist prior to an economic fluctuation.

  • Automatic Stabilizers

    • Automatic stabilizers are modern government budget policies that act to dampen fluctuations in real GDP.
    • Here is an example of how automatic stabilizers would work in a recession.
    • Therefore, automatic stabilizers tend to reduce the size of the fluctuations in a country's GDP.
    • What makes automatic stabilizers so effective in dampening economic fluctuations is the fiscal multiplier effect.
    • Taxes are a part of the automatic stabilizers a country uses to minimize fluctuations in their real GDP.

  • Explanation of Summarizing

    • Through this process, the internal skill of summarizing while reading that good readers automatically do is modeled externally and practiced.

  • Difficulty in Getting the Timing Right

    • A nation can respond to economic fluctuations through automatic stabilizers or through discretionary policy.
    • With regards to automatic stabilizers, timing is not an issue.
    • Automatic stabilizers are designed to respond to evolving economic conditions without anyone taking action.

  • Stepwise Regression

    • Stepwise regression is a method of regression modeling in which the choice of predictive variables is carried out by an automatic procedure.
    • Stepwise regression is a method of regression modeling in which the choice of predictive variables is carried out by an automatic procedure.
    • Another approach is to use an algorithm that provides an automatic procedure for statistical model selection in cases where there is a large number of potential explanatory variables and no underlying theory on which to base the model selection.
    • Evaluate and criticize stepwise regression approaches that automatically choose predictive variables.

  • Critical Evaluation

    • Do not automatically assume that the study is good but do not automatically assume the study is bad either.

  • Dividend Reinvestments

    • Dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) automatically reinvest cash dividends in the stock.

  • Vending Machines

    • A vending machine is a machine which dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, consumer products and even gold and gems to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine .
    • After a sale, the door automatically returns to a locked position.

  • Providing Build Farms and Development Servers

    • For example, projects often use continuous integration (CI) testing (a.k.a. build farms) to automatically ensure that the changes developers are committing both integrate into the mainline trunk and pass all regression tests.

  • Dormant Committers

    • Some projects automatically remove people's commit access if they go a certain amount of time (say, a year) without committing anything.