SUPERWOMAN SYNDROME
a term used for women who try to perform all of the roles of wage earner, home maker, mother and…
SUPINATION
1. Action of arm motion to turn the palms upward; 2. Condition where sole of the foot is turned inward…
SUPPLICATION
used by a person who acts weak and dependent in order to motivate other people to provide assistance and care.…
SUPPORT GROUP
Group that contains individuals with similar problems, who meet on a regular basis to share problems and get support and…
SUPPORTED RETIREMENT
on-going program in which older individuals who also have mental disabilities are provided with support and assistance in a sense…
SUPPORTIVE EGO
an individual who works in the group therapy with person who has psychological or other personal problems, who's work is…
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
These are programs offered by the social care institutions which are supposed to give the person possibility to take part…
SUPPORTIVE-EXPRESSIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
type of psychological treatment that has a goal to bring forward the basic psychological problem (pattern of the problematic behaviour)…
SUPPRESSOR VARIABLE
a variable used to suppress that apparent relationship between 2 other variables. See third variable problem.
SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS (SCN)
a small region of the hypothalamus where circadian rhythms are controlled. See biological clock. Direct input from retina is received…
SUPRALIMINAL PERCEPTION
1. Processing sensory data above the threshold of perception. 2. Processing information the senses detect but we don't consciously perceive.…
SURFACE DYSLEXIA
type of dyslexia that individual acquires in time because he/she gets too dependant on the connection between the spelling and…
SURFACE STRUCTURE (S-STRUCTURE)
theoretical approach invented by the Noam Chomsky which states that spoken or written sentence is opposite to intrinsic frame. The…
SURFACE TRAITS
sum of 35 individual traits that can be directly observed from the patient's conduct. These traits are consistent with not…
SURROGATE DECISION MAKING
a provision in law that allows the appointment of a surrogate for a person, often with mental retardation, dementia or…
SURSUMVERGENCE
the deviation or turning upward of one eye relative to the other. See strabismus.