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…
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
the onset of this movement disorder is experienced when continuous use of antipsychotic drug is discontinued. Patients having Mood disorder…
SELF-AWARENESS
1. see self-understanding. 2. seen in animal behaviour. To know about one's self. Human beings are more likely to be…
SELF-MANAGEMENT
1. It is about how we control our own behaviour. 2 A behaviour therapy program where people are trained to…
SEMANTIC GENERALIZATION
This results from Pavlovian conditioning where a word or phrase acts as a stimulus because it shares a similar or…
SIGNAL ANXIETY
Psychoanalytic theory. The anxiety arising from a response to internal conflict or an impulse and acts a sign of impending…
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
1. The acceptance of a person into a group. 2. The absence of social disapproval.
SOCIAL FACTORS
These are the factors that affect our thought and behaviour in social situations. This includes feedback, splitting into smaller groups…
SOCIAL PENETRATION THEORY
a model that shows a close relationship will get closer as both people disclose more and more intimate things about…
SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL
the retreat from society and interpersonal relationships that can be accompanied by in difference and aloofment. It can be associated…
SPECIFICITY OF BEHAVIOR
1. Certain behaviour is brought about by certain stimuli. 2. The fixed pattern of behaviour in a situation.
STATE THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS
This theory says a hypnotic induction evokes a unique altered state of consciousness in the participant. You can compare non-state…