SELF-CONFIDENCE
1. Our self-assurance in trusting our abilities, capacities and judgements. 2. the belief that we can meet the demands of…
SELF-OBJECTIFICATION
how we achieve objective knowledge about our self and our understanding of our self.
SENSITIVITY
1. The capacity to detect and discriminate. 2. The probability that a test gives a positive diagnosis given that a…
SIGNIFICANT OTHER
1. Your spouse or other person you have a committed relationship with. 2. A person with a profound influence on…
SOCIAL AGE (SA)
an estimate of a person's capabilities in social situations that are relative to normal standards. In clinical situations with young…
SOCIAL FORCE
applied to any global, systemic and powerful process that influences people in social settings. See social influence.
SOCIAL PHOBIA
Social phobia is an anxiety disorder that causes stress and prevents people from partaking in any social activities. It is…
SOCIAL-ADJUSTIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
the role a person's attitude plays in starting social interactions and enhancing cohesion in groups. Also read about the defensive…
SPECULATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
view that is based on speculation and not research and experiments. Also read armchair psychology; rational psychology.
STATISTICS
Branch of mathematics that uses data descriptively and to infer and support answers to scientific questions.
STRESS TOLERANCE
In stressful conditions, a person's ability to do the task appropriately with minimal anxiety level is known as stress tolerance.…
SURVIVOR GUILT
a feeling of sadness or personal responsibility for managing to live through terrible event in which other didn't manage to…
TARGET STIMULUS
the stimulus that people in a test or procedure must respond to. Among many stimuli, a person selects the one…
SELF-CONFRONTATION
where we examine our own behaviours and attitudes to make a change we may need to make. By doing this…
SELF-PERCEPTION
a person's view of themselves and of any mental or physical attribute that makes up the self. Also called a…
SIMPLE EFFECTS
Seen in factorial design this is the comparison of group means of one factor at a set level of the…
SOCIAL AGENCY
These are the agencies that provide health, welfare and rehabilitation services. The aim is to improve quality of life.