Selectivity may refer to:
Psychology and behaviour
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Choice
A choice is the range of different things from which a being can choose. The arrival at a choice may incorporate Motivation, motivators and Choice modelling, models.
Freedom of choice is generally cherished, whereas a severely limited or arti ...
, making a selection among options
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Discrimination
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sex ...
, the ability to recognize differences
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Socioemotional selectivity theory, in social psychology
Engineering
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Selectivity (radio), a measure of the performance of a radio receiver to respond only to the radio signal it is tuned
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Selectivity (circuit breakers), the coordination of overcurrent protection devices in an electrical installation
Biology
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Binding selectivity, in pharmacology
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Functional selectivity, in pharmacology
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the Heredity, heritable traits characteristic of a population over generation ...
, in biology
Chemistry
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Reactivity–selectivity principle, in general chemistry
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Chemoselectivity, a term used in organic chemistry to describe reactivity of one functional group in the presence of other groups
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Stereoselectivity, a term used in organic chemistry to describe the distribution of isomers in reaction products
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Regioselectivity, a term used in organic chemistry to describe reaction mechanisms and predict reaction products
Mathematics
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Sensitivity and specificity, in statistical theory
See also
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Select (disambiguation)
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Selection (disambiguation)
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