SPECIES SPECIFICITY OF LANGUAGE
a theory that language is innate to homosapiens. See language origin theory; task specificity of language.
SPECIES-SPECIFIC DEFENSE REACTION (SSDR)
a defence reaction to adverse stimuli when another is absent. This bias determines the rate of learning an organism may…
SPECIFIC ABILITY
an ability that is used for a certain task and not for anything but that task. Also called special aptitude.…
SPECIFIC HUNGER
Specific hunger is the hunger for a food that will satisfy a biological need for a nutrient found in that…
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY (SLD)
major deficit in academic or scholastic skills that does not reach all learning areas but is limited to a certain…
SPECIFIC THALAMIC PROJECTION SYSTEM
a direct sensory pathway from the thalamus for auditory, visual and some somasthetic impulses.
SPECIFIC TRANSFER
using the skills from task in a similar task where the skills are relevant. Compare general transfer.
SPECIFICITY OF BEHAVIOR
1. Certain behaviour is brought about by certain stimuli. 2. The fixed pattern of behaviour in a situation.
SPECIFICITY THEORY
a theory that the pain mechanism, like hearing and vision, is a specific modality that has its own central and…
SPECIFIC-STATUS CHARACTERISTICS
These are behavioural and personal characteristics that are relevant to a setting that are taken into account when making judgements.…
SPECIOUS PRESENT
Specious present is then moment that is distinct from another moment with its own sense impressions and mental events. For…
SPECTATOR ROLE
a behaviour pattern where a person's natural sexual responses are blocked by a performance anxiety. The person will worry about…
SPECTATOR THERAPY
a beneficial effect on therapy group members by watching another therapy group with related or similar problems.
SPECTRAL COLOR
any of the colours that are in the visible spectrum that is made when light is refracted by a prism.…
SPECULATION
1. Conjectural thinking not always supported by scientific evidence. 2. Loosely supported theory.
SPECULATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
view that is based on speculation and not research and experiments. Also read armchair psychology; rational psychology.