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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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SEDATIVE OCCUPATION

Any hobby or enterprise which induces sedation due to its repetitive nature, such as weaving or knitting. Compare with: stimulating

SEGREGATION ANALYSIS

Enumeration of progeny according to distinct and mutually exclusive phenotypes; used as a test of a putative pattern of inheritance

SEGREGATED MODEL

A type of analysis study, an administrative association, employed in formative assessment, between the program administrator, the production unit, and

SEDATIVE

Agent that decreases functional activity, diminishes irritability, and allays excitement. Some have a general effect on all organs. Others principally

SELECTION

Play of forces that determines the relative reproductive performance of the various genotypes in a population, especially in regard to

SELECTION RATIO

Percentage of those qualified to be chosen for an objective that are actually chosen. In staff decisions, it is the

SELECTION RESEARCH

Utilization of empirical analysis to ascertain the dependability, credibility, usability, and fairness of methods employed in staff choice as well

SEIZURE

Period of uncontrolled, excessive electrical activity in the brain. Symptoms and effects vary according to type of seizure and its

SELECTIVE BREEDING

Process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits, or in order to produce a specific type of organism

SELECTIVE AMNESIA

Loss of memory regarding certain issues, events, and individuals which is too wide-ranging to be accounted for by typical forgetfulness.

SEISMIC COMMUNICATION

Employing ground or substrate in communication between individuals in certain animal species, usually achieved by thumping or stomping the ground.

SECURITY OPERATIONS

As proposed by US psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), various interpersonal protective procedures, including arrogance, boredom, or irritability, which are

SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY

Characteristic of a membrane which allows it to be permeable to some substances, and impermeable to others. See also: permeability.

SELECTIVE OPTIMIZATION WITH COMPENSATION

Method employed in productive aging to adjust to physical and intellectual deficits related to growing older. Entails accentuating and reinforcing

SELF AS KNOWN

Facet of self which is identified through contemplation (see: empirical self). Occasionally distinguished regarding self as knower (see: nominative self).

SELEGILINE

Drug employed for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson's disease, depression and senile dementia. In normal clinical doses it is a

SELECTIVE LISTENING

Paying heed to a single audio input when two or more are available.

SELF PSYCHOLOGY

Any specific method of psychology preoccupied with the self. School of psychoanalytical philosophy which emphasizes the significance of an individual's

SELF AS OBSERVER

Facet of self which clarifies sensory and linguistic input for executive control, specifically, the self as knower (see: nominative self).

SELECTIVE LEARNING

Understanding how to make just one of various potential reactions or knowing about one stimulus when many stimuli are offered.