SOCIAL THERAPY
the therapeutic and rehabilitive approaches that use the social structure to improve the interpersonal functioning of people.
SPECIFIC PHOBIA
an anxiety disorder that used to be called a simple phobia that was marked by a persistent fear of an…
STANDARDIZED INSTRUCTIONS
a list of instructions for all participants that is the same for all people.
STRANGULATED AFFECT
Is the physical symptom that is seen when a person inhibits a normal discharge of emotion. This theory was advanced…
SUBLIMINAL PRIMING
It is the stimulations on the unconscious and it increases the probability of later occurrence as well as the related…
SURFACE TRAITS
sum of 35 individual traits that can be directly observed from the patient's conduct. These traits are consistent with not…
TANGENTIALITY
it is a condition in which person experienced flight of ideas and unable to focus on main point. The inability…
SELF-ASSERTION
the act of putting forward your own opinions or to express your needs, rights and wishes. In this way person…
SELF-INVENTORY
a question are used by a person to check the characteristics they perceive to apply to themselves.
SIGN TRACKING
found in conditioning behaviour directed towards a stimulus that is paired with a reinforcer.
SNOWBALL SAMPLING
A recruitment method for new participants. The current participants are asked to recommend new people for the study.
SOCIAL DRIVE
the drive we have to establish relationships with other people. See affiliative drive; gregariousness.
SOCIAL TRAP
a social dilemma where a person maximises their goals over the goal of the community or society as a whole.…
SPECIFICITY
1. the quality of being unique from everything else. 2. A probability that a person will test negative for a…
STATE ANXIETY
the anxiety in response to a specific situation perceived to be dangerous or threatening. Compare it with trait anxiety.
STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING
Is a type of sampling conducted randomly within different strata of the population; the sample obtained is known as stratified…
SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION
It is a threshold which is below the required intensity which was meant to elicit a certain response. It is…