Depression

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SOMATOPSYCHOLOGY

the study of the psychological impact of a disease or disability.

STANDARDIZED INSTRUCTIONS

a list of instructions for all participants that is the same for all people.

STRESS-INOCULATION TRAINING (SIT)

Consists of 4 stages which make a person learn stress management techniques. The first stage is the identification of stress.

SUCCESSIVE DISCRIMINATION

Used in conditioning behaviour this is a discrimination between stimuli presented one after the other.

SWITCH PROCESS

In psychology, course of action where bipolar disorder individual feels the transfer from the depression to manic feel and other

TARGET POPULATION

the population used for a study.

SELF-ACTUALIZATION

The realisation of what you are capable of. Also called self-realisation. See humanistic psychology; Maslow's Motivational Hierarchy. By doing this,

SELF-ESTEEM

the degree to which the qualities contained in our self-concept are seen to be positive. It reflects a person's image

SELF-REPUDIATION

when a person denies their own pleasure or rights from a sense of low esteem or guilt.

SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL

Null hypothesis significance testing. the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The probability of a type

SNOWBALL SAMPLING

A recruitment method for new participants. The current participants are asked to recommend new people for the study.

SOCIAL ISOLATION

1. The voluntary or involuntary absence of having contact with others. 2. Experimental research. Separating an animal from other members

SOCIAL SELF

1. The aspects of the self that are important to social relations. 2. A person's characteristic behaviour in social situations.

SOURCE FACTORS

These are the characteristics of the source that will influence its effectiveness.

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

STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY

Is a family psychotherapy that gives a modus for analytical approach to family problems that goes from the assumption that

SUFFERING

Feeling of pain or strong stress, either physical or emotional. It can be correlative to the situation, or much higher.

SYMBOLIC PROCESS

process of thinking where certain ideas, pictures or other mental statement acts as intermediary of thought. This term is commonly

TARGET STIMULUS

the stimulus that people in a test or procedure must respond to. Among many stimuli, a person selects the one

SELF-AFFIRMATION

1. The behaviour of expressing a positive attitude towards to yourself. 2. Psychotherapy. A positive statement about ourselves that we