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 motivators and models. For example, a traveler might choose a route for a journey based on the preference of arriving at a given ...
, making a selection among options
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Discrimination, the ability to recognize differences
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Socioemotional selectivity theory Socioemotional selectivity theory (SST; developed by Stanford psychologist Laura L. Carstensen) is a life-span theory of motivation. The theory maintains that as time horizons shrink, as they typically do with age, people become increasingly select ...
, in social psychology
Engineering
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Selectivity (radio) Selectivity is a measure of the performance of a radio receiver to respond only to the radio signal it is tuned to (such as a radio station) and reject other signals nearby in frequency, such as another broadcast on an adjacent channel.
Selectivity ...
, 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) Selectivity, also known as circuit breaker discrimination, is the coordination of overcurrent protection devices so that a fault in the installation is cleared by the protection device located immediately upstream of the fault. The purpose of sele ...
, the coordination of overcurrent protection devices in an electrical installation
Biology
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Binding selectivity
Binding selectivity is defined with respect to the binding of ligands to a substrate forming a complex. Binding selectivity describes how a ligand may bind more preferentially to one receptor than another. A selectivity coefficient is the equil ...
, in pharmacology
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Functional selectivity
Functional selectivity (or “agonist trafficking”, “biased agonism”, “biased signaling”, "ligand bias" and “differential engagement”) is the ligand-dependent selectivity for certain signal transduction pathways relative to a referen ...
, 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 heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations. Cha ...
, in biology
Chemistry
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Reactivity–selectivity principle In chemistry the reactivity–selectivity principle or RSP states that a more reactive chemical compound or reactive intermediate is less selective in chemical reactions. In this context selectivity represents the ratio of reaction rates.
This pri ...
, in general chemistry
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Chemoselectivity
Chemoselectivity is the preferential outcome of a chemical reaction over a set of possible alternative reactions.
In another definition, chemoselectivity refers to the selective reactivity of one functional group in the presence of others; often ...
, a term used in organic chemistry to describe reactivity of one functional group in the presence of other groups
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Stereoselectivity
In chemistry, stereoselectivity is the property of a chemical reaction in which a single reactant forms an unequal mixture of stereoisomers during a non-stereospecific creation of a new stereocenter or during a non-stereospecific transformation ...
, a term used in organic chemistry to describe the distribution of isomers in reaction products
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Regioselectivity
In chemistry, regioselectivity is the preference of chemical bonding or breaking in one direction over all other possible directions. It can often apply to which of many possible positions a reagent will affect, such as which proton a strong base ...
, a term used in organic chemistry to describe reaction mechanisms and predict reaction products
Mathematics
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Sensitivity and specificity
In medicine and statistics, sensitivity and specificity mathematically describe the accuracy of a test that reports the presence or absence of a medical condition. If individuals who have the condition are considered "positive" and those who do ...
, in statistical theory
See also
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Select (disambiguation)
Select or SELECT may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Select'' (album), an album by Kim Wilde
* ''Select'' (magazine), a British music magazine
* ''MTV Select'', a television program
* ''Select Live'', New Zealand's C4 music program ...
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Selection (disambiguation)
Selection may refer to:
Science
* Selection (biology), also called natural selection, selection in evolution
** Sex selection, in genetics
** Mate selection, in mating
** Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality
** Human mating strategi ...
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