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automaticity Obligatory nature of processing carried out by components in e.g. a modular system. If the module receives some input, then that input must be processed by the module and an output generated.
Example:Cf. the apparent obligatory nature of word recognition, as reflected in the Stroop effect.
Topic: Architecture of the processing system