Relating to or involving association; based on or produced by the connection of ideas or things; of or pertaining to an association or group.
From 'association' plus the adjective-forming suffix -al (from Latin -alis), which transforms nouns into adjectives describing something related to or characterized by the noun.
In psychology, 'associational learning' is when your brain links two things together (like Pavlov's dog learning to associate a bell with food)—it's one of the most fundamental ways all animals learn from experience!
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