SPLIT BRAIN
brain that has been cut into 2 hemispheres and is used on animals in experiments to see what part does…
SPLIT-HALF RELIABILITY
the measure of the internal consistency of a test, obtained by correlating responses on one half of the test with…
SPONTANEITY TEST
a sociometric test where a person in group therapy is encouraged to improvise freely in re-enactments of typical life situations…
SPONTANEITY TRAINING
Spontaneity training is a personality-training program where a client learns to act naturally and spontaneously in real-life situations by practicing…
SPONTANEOUS MEMORIALIZATION
a public response to a violent and unexpected death. Messages and flowers are placed at the site. See traumatic grief.…
SPONTANEOUS NEURAL ACTIVITY
an apparently automatic firing of neurons, or firing in the absence of observable stimuli. See spontaneous discharge.
SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY
the reappearance of a conditioned response after an operant has been taken away. See extinction. What Is Spontaneous Recovery In…
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
the application and development of psychological theory for the understanding of human behaviour in the sport and physical exercise environment…
SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST
person trained in psychology who applies the methods to sport to make it consistent and to enhance performance. See clinical…
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
the application and theory development used to understand and enhance a person's sporting behaviour. Sports psychologists have alternate names like…
SPORT SOCIALIZATION
used to teach skills necessary to function well in a society by playing sport to better understand respect for authority…
SPORT SOCIOLOGY
applying the theories of sociology to sport and its role in a society. Its main focus is to determine the…