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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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SEGMENTATION

Process of behavior adjustment wherein a complicated progression of behavior patterns is broken into components to make sure the patient

SELECTIVE ACTION

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

SELECTION RESEARCH

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

SEGMENT

Linguistically, a discrete unit of speech which may include consonantal or vowel phoneme which occurs as a portion of a

SELECTIVE ATTENTION

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

SELECTIVE DROPOUT

Loss of particular, nonrandom subjects from research.

SELECTIVE INATTENTION

Act of ignoring or otherwise screening out of stimuli that are threatening, anxiety-producing, or felt to be unimportant. Conscious or

SELECTIVE AGENT

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

SELECTIVE LISTENING

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

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

SELECTIVE ADAPTATION

Psycho-physical process wherein recurring subjection to a stimulus generates sensory variation that affects understanding of a successive stimulus. Assessment that

SEDUCTION

Process of deliberately enticing a person to engage in sexual intercourse without employing force. Generally, the action or procedure by

SELECTIVE VALUE

Comparative significance of any aspect in assessing the evolution of internal organs, characteristics, or species by means of natural selection.

SELECTIVE RETENTION

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

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 REMINDING TEST

Memory evaluation wherein the subject is provided the answer to the problem whenever it cannot be recalled to ensure that

SELECTIVE REARING

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

SECONDARY SYMPTOMS 1

As outlined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), those indications of schizophrenia, including delusions and hallucinations, which are common in