what,s the difference between affective and effective?

Answer 1

Generally speaking, affect is a verb and effect is a
noun. When you affect something, you produce an effect on it. Even in the passive voice, something would be
affected, not effected.


There are certain situations where effect is used as a verb and situations where affect is used as a noun, but very few people ever have a need to use them thus, so unless you are already confident of your ability to use these words correctly, just treat as general the rule that effect is a noun and affect a verb.


(If you feel the need to get fancy, however, here are the meanings of effect as a verb and affect as a noun. As a verb, effect means to execute, produce, or accomplish something; as a noun, affect is used primarily by psychologists to refer to feelings and desires as factors in thought or conduct.)


If you find that you have sometimes made the mistake of switching these two troublesome words, you probably should proofread specifically for them until you have formed the habit of using them correctly without having to think about it.

Answer 2

Affective means having to do with emotion. It is most commonly used in psychology and psychiatry to describe emotions. The word affective is something of an opposite to cognitive. Psychological theory is that one half of the brain is affective or emotional. The other half of the brain is cognitive, logical, and language-oriented.

Effectiveness means the capability of producing an effect.
In Physics, an effective theory is, similar to a phenomenological theory, a framework intended to explain certain (observed) effects without the claim that the theory correctly models the underlying (unobserved) processes. An example is an effective field theory that "pretends" that certain effects are caused by a field even if it is known that this is not actually the case. In a way, any theory of Physics is fundamentally an effective theory, since there is no meaningful distinction of observables and reality within the scope of Physics (see also FAPP, cogito ergo sum, Phenomenalism, Pragmatism).

Answer 3

Affective means having to do with emotion. It is most commonly used in psychology and psychiatry to describe emotions. The word affective is something of an opposite to cognitive. Psychological theory is that one half of the brain is affective or emotional. The other half of the brain is cognitive, logical, and language-oriented. And on the other hand effective means means the capability of producing an effect. The word effective is sometimes used in a quantitative way, "being very or not much effective". However it does not inform on the direction (positive or negative) and the comparison to a standard of the given effect.

Answer 4

affective refers to that which produces an emotion, and effective refers to that which has the power to create the desired response. For example: How did something affect you, means how did it make you feel. What effect did it have one you, means what was the end result that was created. If it was effective then it worked; it created the desired response. If it was affective, it had the ability to create an emotion.

Answer 5

Or affect and effect. Effect is something that happens, or the result of something. Affect is a verb and it means to change something in a way.

Answer 6

before and after is the main difference, or the only one really.

ex:

Before
(what would be the effects of that?)

After:
( I was affected...)

When you write an essay or any written piece this is the rule you use to figure out if you've used the word correctly.

Answer 7

Affective- pretty much deals with "feelings" or "emotions", ex.something that could be moving perhaps, while

Effective- on the other hand is something "helpful" or "efficient"...

hope this helps :)

Answer 8

Affective pertains to emotion, effective is more general

Answer 9

Affective is what affect something has on something else, such as cold weather on skiing vacations.. Effective is how well it works, such as "that cold spell didn't last long enough to put down a good snow base".

Answer 10

effective means that something works well. affective means that something has caused an emotional feeling.