Why do my open application "windows" occasionally jump/bump?

Hi all,
New to macs. Have had my imac for about 6 months and haven't had much time to explore it so it's only been used for internet/email most of the time. One thing that has continually happened is this problem of "bumping". I don't know if this is a standard thing when a notification or email arrives but could someone let me know if I can turn it off as I don't want it on?!
What happens is the window I have open (could be safari, chrome, email, word for mac etc) and any other windows appear to briefly "jump" or "bump" to the left or right and a sound like a new email notification usually closely follows I think. It only happens every now and again which is why it's taken me so long to have the opportunity and time to ask the question as I'm not on it that much!
It's not the mouse setting either. I've got the swipe turned off so it's not the left to right screen moving setting on that. I should add that I've also checked system preferences>accessibility>zoom and it all looks okay...?
I really am baffled as none of the googling I've done has encountered a similar question/solution but I'm wondering if it's my description of "bump" or "jump" that's not accurate.....?
Anyone?
Cheers

Hello & welcome!
I've never experienced it & not on 10.8 right now to look, but later I'll look if there's some Notifications setting that does this.

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