Why are my files being sorted upside down?

When I open a folder all my files are being sorted from z to a, even though the arrow to the right is pointing down (which means it should be from A to Z) This really bugs me when it changes. I must be hitting some preferences keyboard short cut by accident and not knowing it. How can I change this? (see picture included to show you what I mean)

Think of the arrow pointing from large to small, so the wide fat or large end of the arrow is at the top and the sharp pointy or small end is at the bottom. So it will sort from large to small and alaphbetically Z is larger than A. Click the Name bar and the arrow will reverse with sharp pointy end, small, at the top and large fat end at the bottom so it will now sort A to Z, as A is deemed to be smaller than Z.
Hope that helps?
Phil

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Think of the arrow pointing from large to small, so the wide fat or large end of the arrow is at the top and the sharp pointy or small end is at the bottom. So it will sort from large to small and alaphbetically Z is larger than A. Click the Name bar and the arrow will reverse with sharp pointy end, small, at the top and large fat end at the bottom so it will now sort A to Z, as A is deemed to be smaller than Z.
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