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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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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

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

SELECTION BIAS

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

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

SELECTIVE ATTENTION

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

SELECTIVE BREEDING

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

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 LISTENING

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

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 RESPONSE

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

SELECTIVE RETENTION

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

SELECTIVE VALUE

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

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).