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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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STEVENS LAW

psychological relationship where the magnitude of sensation is in proportion to the power producing it. Have a look on Fechner

STEVENS POWER LAW

a logarithmic relationship between impulse and intensity of visual stimulus. 0.33 is the empirical constant for the human eye.

STEWART-MOREL SYNDROME

a disorder with hypertrophy of the frontal bone in the skull, headaches, obesity, mental retardation and nervous system affects. Also

STHENIC TYPE

The constitutional body type featuring strength and vigour.

STIFFNESS

Inflexibility of either muscles or joints due to an injury or dystonia.

STIGMA

The characteristic of an individual that may develop a socially negative attitude towards the individual. This may be due to

STILES-CRAWFORD EFFECT

the perceived brightness or colour depending on whether the light rays enter the pupil near the centre or the edge.

STILLER'S RIB

A floating 10th rib associated with the tendency to neurasthenia.

STIMULANTS

Stimulants are agents which results in functional activity either in human or animals. Stimulants are generally categorized according to the

STIMULATE

1. To animate, arouse or excite. 2. To apply a stimulus to a sensor receptor or an excitable cell.

STIMULATION

1. The act of increasing levels of activity. 2. Part of perception. See stimulus.

STIMULATION EFFECTS

The effect which results in physiological changes and happens when any stimulus changes the membrane potential of muscle cell, consequently

STIMULUS CONTINUUM

set of stimuli that are related along a set dimension.

STIMULUS CONTROL

It is the limit to which organism's behaviour is affected by stimulus condition. It can refer to various responses occurring

STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION

being able to distinguish between different stimuli. See discrimination.

STIMULUS ELEMENT

Any one of the individual features of a complex stimulus.

STIMULUS FILTERING

Is the specification of nervous system; through this process of filtering only relevant stimuli reach to the brain where others

STIMULUS FUNCTION

Stimulus function is to evoke the response in an organism is the function of stimulus. In operant conditioning, a stimulus

STIMULUS GRADIENT

Variations in a stimulus in one dimension.

STIMULUS OBJECT

Anything that can evoke a response from an organism.