SOCIAL THERAPY
the therapeutic and rehabilitive approaches that use the social structure to improve the interpersonal functioning of people.
SOCIAL TRANSMISSION
the transferring of customs down the generations. See heritage; social heritage.
SOCIAL TUNNELING
Psychological state that occurs when a person is involved with a task that is stressful or demanding and tends to…
SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL
the retreat from society and interpersonal relationships that can be accompanied by in difference and aloofment. It can be associated…
SOCIAL-ADJUSTIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
the role a person's attitude plays in starting social interactions and enhancing cohesion in groups. Also read about the defensive…
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY
A theoretical framework where the functions of personality are explained by cognitive contents and processes acquired through social interaction.
SOCIAL-INQUIRY MODEL
model for teaching emphasising the role of social interaction. It resolves social issues by legal reasoning and academic inquiry.
SOCIALIZED DRIVE
drive that has been modified through social learning to achieve satisfaction.
SOCIALLY SENSITIVE RESEARCH
research that is liable to open debate and emotional responses among members of a community.
SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
a non-profit organisation of scientists and physicians studying the brain and nervous system.
SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SRCD)
A non-profit and multi-disciplinary professional association founded in 1933 to research human development. SRCD basically publishes the journal Child Development.
SOCIETY OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
an organisation aiming to advance psychology by arranging conferences on experimental psychology.
SOCIOBIOLOGISTS
These are the people who control our own population densities by controls such as aggression, fertility, emigration, predation and disease.
SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS
These are the environmental conditions that play a part in adaptive and healthy behaviour and wellbeing or just the opposite.…
SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
1. A viewpoint to mental health and health, politics, history and other areas of human experience that emphasises the environmental…
SOCIODRAMA
a technique that is sued that includes role play for enhancing human relations see psychodrama.
SOCIODRAMATIC PLAY
symbolic play where children play the parts of adults, like parents, police etc. It can be solitary in groups.