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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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SUMMATION TIME

1. The longest period of time during which anticipated vigor of stimulation is concluded through total sum of energy during

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION

1. Teaching assessment investigation, evaluation of pupil's accomplishment at the end of a course; 2. In evaluation investigation this is

SUMNER, FRANCIS CECIL

American psychologist who got his PhD on Clark University back in 1920, as first African American in the USA to

SUN COMPASS

Technique of using the solar light as directive in navigation. Since the sun moves over the sky during day, it

SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE (SQUID)

apparatus used in MMR to observe brain waves. It is used in the room isolated from all other magnetic sources.

SUPERCONSCIOUS

1. New Age definition for the outer personal apprehension; 2. In Eastern religions this is condition in which persons acquire

SUPEREGO ANXIETY

In psychology, super ego anxiety is stress generated by the unaware superego action toward producing emotions of personal blame. Read

SUPEREGO RESISTANCE

In psychology, super ego resistance is sort of opposition to psychology therapy which is product of superego. It creates feeling

SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE

superior intelligence is unscientific class of the intelligence which is supposedly possessed by only some 15% of humans. This intelligence

SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS

pair of long two-directing bunches of neurons that connect the front and the back of the cerebrum. It consists four

SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX

a group of neural cells that assures numerous elements of hearing and is important for the upward and downward hearing

SUPERIOR RECTUS

outer muscle of the eye that is responsible for the several eye actions: elevation, intorsion and rotating medially.

SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

The feeling of being superior. It is reverse of inferiority complex. In this complex, a person feels himself as superior

SUPERMAN

This term is taken in many contexts. According to one context, superman is the person who is an ideal type

SUPERNORMAL

beyond normal and refers to people with attributes above the normal range. about having the traits or attributes beyond the

SUPERNORMAL STIMULUS

An impulse that is by its definition much stronger or exaggerated then the ones usually experienced. Such impulse has Mach

SUPERSTITION

1. A belief that is founded on the operation of supernatural or magical forces. 2. An unscientific belief that is

SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR

Type of the reaction to certain situations/impulses that gets so embedded in individual's course of action that he repeats it

SUPERSTITIOUS RITUAL

Particular way of the action that makes individual believe that he can affect result of any particular situation. In this

SUPERTASTER

a person with a low gustatory threshold and shows a strong response to moderate taste stimuli.