SELF-EFFICACY
a capacity to bring about a desired result. To bring desired results by performing in an efficient way is known…
SELF-STATEMENT MODIFICATION
a technique to change bad ideas about ourselves that have been uncovered in cognitive behaviour therapy. See self-instructional training.
SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)
Short portable mental status questionnaire is a short questionnaire that is used to screen older adults for dementia signs and…
SITUATIONAL EFFECT
the effect on different environments on the behaviour of people in experiments.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
the gradual gaining of skills, relationships and attitudes that enables a person to interact in society.
SOCIAL LOAFING
where a person reduces their effort when working in a social situation. Compare social facilitation. See social interference.
STIMULUS FUNCTION
Stimulus function is to evoke the response in an organism is the function of stimulus. In operant conditioning, a stimulus…
SUBJECTIVITY
It is the ability of interpreting the data or to make judgment by using the experience, beliefs and feeling. It…
SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR
Type of the reaction to certain situations/impulses that gets so embedded in individual's course of action that he repeats it…
SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION
It is a form of the behaviour therapy and it reduces the anxiety that it is associated with a certain…
SELF-ACTIVITY
The decision to carry out actions you have thought about yourself and not been told to do. Such activity is…
SELF-FOCUS
1. An ability a person has to direct conscious attention on themselves, thoughts, desires and emotions. 2. A person's ability…
SHORT-TERM THERAPY
therapy that is brief and relies on goal setting and active techniques. It may last as long as 10 -20…
SLEEP PATTERN
our habitual pattern in sleep, 8 hours straight, 2 4 hour periods or a daytime nap. Whatever pattern we show.…
SOCIAL DISAPPROVAL
the rejection and condemnation of a person for an action or behaviour the group sees as wrong. Compare social approval.
SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT
1. The inability to develop a satisfying relationship. 2. A lack of social finesse and tact. 3. A breakdown in…