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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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SELECTION BIAS

Statistical bias in which there is an error in choosing the individuals or groups to take part in a scientific

SEGREGATION

Policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or

SELECTION RESEARCH

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

SELECTIVE AGENT

Aspect of the surroundings which applies selection pressures, leading to natural selection.

SELECTIVE ACTION

Measures by which a reinforcer could possibly have a larger impact on certain reactions as compared to others, specifically, its

SEGREGATED MODEL

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

SECURE BASE PHENOMENON

Assessment that young children make use of an area of security, symbolized by an attachment figure, as a foundation from

SELECTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING

Making sense of attitude-relevant details in a prejudiced fashion. Though numerous possible biases are feasible, it has customarily been presumed

SELECTIVE DROPOUT

Loss of particular, nonrandom subjects from research.

SELECTIVE MUTISM

In DSM-IV-TR, an uncommon condition, generally, although not specifically, present in small children, distinguished by a chronic failure to talk

SELECTIVE LEARNING

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

SELECTIVE RESPONSE

Reaction which has been singled out from a group of potential surrogate reactions.

SELECTIVE REARING

Experiential paradigm wherein an organism is brought up from arrival or from the time that the eyes open under circumstances

SELECTIVE BREEDING

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

SELEGILINE

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

SELF AS OBSERVER

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

SELF PSYCHOLOGY

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

SELECTIVE SILENCE

In psychoanalysis, extended hush implemented by the counselor to produce anxiety which could motivate the patient to talk, consequently starting

SELECTIVE RETENTION

Variance between people in the ability to recall specific incidents pertaining to the vividness, accuracy and reliability, amount, and particular

SELECTIVE ATTENTION

Process whereby one pays attention only to messages that address a need or interest or are consistent with the individual's