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…
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…
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, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING CENTER
Speech, language and hearing center is specialty clinic staffed with people who are qualified to diagnose and treat any impairments…
SPINA BIFIDA
a developmental defect where the vertebral canal does not close properly around the spinal cord. This neural defect consequently in…