SEGREGATED MODEL
A type of analysis study, an administrative association, employed in formative assessment, between the program administrator, the production unit, and…
SEGREGATION ANALYSIS
Enumeration of progeny according to distinct and mutually exclusive phenotypes; used as a test of a putative pattern of inheritance…
SEISMIC COMMUNICATION
Employing ground or substrate in communication between individuals in certain animal species, usually achieved by thumping or stomping the ground.
SELECTION BIAS
Statistical bias in which there is an error in choosing the individuals or groups to take part in a scientific…
SELECTION PRESSURE
Way of measuring the degree with which natural selection prefers the existence of certain genotypes over certain others, which therefore…
SELECTION RESEARCH
Utilization of empirical analysis to ascertain the dependability, credibility, usability, and fairness of methods employed in staff choice as well…
SELECTION TEST
Physiological or psychological evaluation that measures an individual's appropriateness for a job. These kinds of assessments are generally employed to…
SELECTIVE AGENT
Aspect of the surroundings which applies selection pressures, leading to natural selection.
SELECTIVE AMNESIA
Loss of memory regarding certain issues, events, and individuals which is too wide-ranging to be accounted for by typical forgetfulness.…
SELECTIVE BREEDING
Process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits, or in order to produce a specific type of organism…
SELECTIVE CELL DEATH
Process in initial development wherein neurons which are not stimulated by sensory or motor experience wither and die.
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 PERCEPTION
Method wherein individuals select from the endless variety of stimuli provided to the sensory faculties at any one point in…
SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY
Characteristic of a membrane which allows it to be permeable to some substances, and impermeable to others. See also: permeability.
SELECTIVE REMINDING TEST
Memory evaluation wherein the subject is provided the answer to the problem whenever it cannot be recalled to ensure that…
SELECTIVE RESPONSE
Reaction which has been singled out from a group of potential surrogate reactions.
SELECTIVE SILENCE
In psychoanalysis, extended hush implemented by the counselor to produce anxiety which could motivate the patient to talk, consequently starting…
SELECTIVE VALUE
Comparative significance of any aspect in assessing the evolution of internal organs, characteristics, or species by means of natural selection.…
SELF AS OBSERVER
Facet of self which clarifies sensory and linguistic input for executive control, specifically, the self as knower (see: nominative self).