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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 PRESSURE

Way of measuring the degree with which natural selection prefers the existence of certain genotypes over certain others, which therefore

SEGREGATION ANALYSIS

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

SELECTION TEST

Physiological or psychological evaluation that measures an individual's appropriateness for a job. These kinds of assessments are generally employed to

SELECTIVE AMNESIA

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

SELECTIVE ADAPTATION

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

SEGREGATION

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

SECURE TREATMENT SETTING

Residential care facility which has been locked to provide therapy services in a safe environment for both adolescent and adult

SELECTIVE LEARNING

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

SELECTIVE LISTENING

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

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 PERCEPTION

Method wherein individuals select from the endless variety of stimuli provided to the sensory faculties at any one point in

SELECTIVE SILENCE

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

SELECTIVE RESPONSE

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

SELECTIVE DROPOUT

Loss of particular, nonrandom subjects from research.

SELF AS KNOWN

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

SELF-ABASEMENT

Degradation or humiliation of oneself, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority. Acute subjugation of oneself to the will

SELEGILINE

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

SELECTIVE VALUE

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

SELECTIVE CELL DEATH

Process in initial development wherein neurons which are not stimulated by sensory or motor experience wither and die.

SCORE EQUATING

Method of equalizing test results so their apportionment retains equivalency over repeated applications and through various versions.