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 IMAGERY QUESTIONNAIRE (SIQJ 1
1. used to measure the degree that a sportsperson uses 5 functions: General motivation; general motivation-mastery; specific motivation; general cognitive…
SPORT PERSONALITY DEBATE
Sport personality debate is a debate about the role a person's personality plays in deciding to play sport. For more…
SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST
person trained in psychology who applies the methods to sport to make it consistent and to enhance performance. See clinical…
SPORT-RELATED LIFE SKILLS
These are skills learnt for sport related purposes that can be applied to other situations.
SPORTS HYPNOSIS
style of hypnosis used to assist participants in sport to eliminate mind-sets that interfere with athletic performance or to develop…
SPORTS MEDICINE INJURY CHECKLIST (SMIC)
Sports medicine injury checklist is a guide to assess a sport injury that lists factor in acute phase, chronic phase…
SPORTSMANSHIP
a concern for the rules and acting in a positive way to promote sport. The nature depends on the kind…
SPREADING ACTIVATION
1. Neuroscience. The hypothetical process where the activation of one neuron spreads to others. 2. Cognitive psychology. A model for…
SPREADING DEPRESSION
a wave of silence seen in neural activity that is accompanied by a relatively large negative electric potential. It can…
SPURIOUS CORRELATION
the situation where variables are correlated through their common relationship with one or more other variables but not through a…
S-R LEARNING MODEL
a hypothesis that says learning leads to forming stimulus-response connections and is used in Pavlovian conditioning. In instrumental conditioning, the…
S-R PSYCHOLOGY
the approach to psychology that conceptualizes behaviour in terms of stimulus and response. The fundamental goal is describing functional relationships…