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SOCIAL SITUATION

combination of all social factors that come into play at any one time.

SOCIAL TRAP

a social dilemma where a person maximises their goals over the goal of the community or society as a whole.

SOCIAL-NETWORK THERAPY

Psychotherapy. a group of people who maintain contact and have significant relationships in different aspects of life.

SOCIODRAMA

a technique that is sued that includes role play for enhancing human relations see psychodrama.

SOCIOMETRIC DIFFERENTIATION

the development of stronger and more positive ties between members of a group that sees a decrease in relationships between

SODIUM REGULATION

Sodium regulation is the maintaining of the sodium ion concentration in blood plasma between the normal limits. Loss of the

SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY

short term therapy that deals with what is happening now.

SOMATOGNOSIA

the awareness we have of the parts of our body. The opposite, the denial of our body parts is called

SOMNAMBULISTIC STATE

where a person will, walk, talk or do complex actions while asleep. If we see it historically, it refers to

S-O-R PSYCHOLOGY

S-O-R psychology is the abbreviation for stimulus-organism-response psychology. It deals with how an organism will respond to a stimulus. The

SOUNDPROOF ROOM

A room that when inside you won't hear any noise from outside.

SPACE PERCEPTION

The awareness form sensory input of objects in the environment.

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

mental ability to imagine the objects in space and move them to different apparent locations. It is one of Gardner's

SPECIAL PSYCHIATRIC RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM (SPRINT)

a multidisciplinary team providing assistance in short term mental health and emotional support after a crisis. This term is also

SPECIFIC THALAMIC PROJECTION SYSTEM

a direct sensory pathway from the thalamus for auditory, visual and some somasthetic impulses.

SPECTRAL COLOR

any of the colours that are in the visible spectrum that is made when light is refracted by a prism.

SPEECH AUDIOMETRY

a measure of how we hear speech at different levels.

SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING CENTER

Speech, language and hearing center is specialty clinic staffed with people who are qualified to diagnose and treat any impairments

SPERMATORRHEA

a discharge of semen without an orgasm.

SPINA BIFIDA

a developmental defect where the vertebral canal does not close properly around the spinal cord. This neural defect consequently in