attentivity
nounEtymology From attentive + -ity.
1
The quality of being attentive; attentiveness.
- This confidence was soon dispersed among those of the “unstable” group, for their attentivity and confidence as well as satisfaction induced by a nearly successful performance, were soon broken down when slight failures chanced to enter into their learning. Elation over small successes and discouragement over slight failures is a characteristic practically always found among these psychopathic children.1929, The Journal of Applied Psychology, American Psychological Association, XIII, page 232: