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-STATEMENT MODIFICATION
a technique to change bad ideas about ourselves that have been uncovered in cognitive behaviour therapy. See self-instructional training.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER
1. Your spouse or other person you have a committed relationship with. 2. A person with a profound influence on…
SOCIAL BREAKDOWN SYNDROME
a pattern sees in people who have been institutionalised by mental illness or in prisons. They can withdraw, show apathy,…
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
a view that learning is mainly due to our social interactions with others. Behaviour is assumed to be developed and…
SOCIAL SKILLS
These are the skills that allow a person to interact and to act appropriately in given social contexts. The skills…
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
STIMULUS EQUIVALENCE
Is the situation when there are two stimuli which both elicit the same response. Stimuli meet the mathematical definition of…
SUBLIMINAL PERSUASION
It is a method to present the information in a certain way that you can help the people to change…
SUPPRESSIVE THERAPY
Type of therapy that is supposed to enforce patients individual protective mechanisms that act as a way of suppression, stronger.
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-FOCUS
1. An ability a person has to direct conscious attention on themselves, thoughts, desires and emotions. 2. A person's ability…
SIMPLE EFFECTS
Seen in factorial design this is the comparison of group means of one factor at a set level of the…
SOCIAL CLIMATE
the general character of the social milieu where people live that is a combination of customs, morals, attitudes and behaviour.
SOCIAL LIMITATION
restriction attributed to social policy or barriers that will limit a person's fulfilment of roles or deny people access to…
SOCIAL STATISTICS
the application of statistical methods to understanding social problems and issues. See demography.
SPREADING ACTIVATION
1. Neuroscience. The hypothetical process where the activation of one neuron spreads to others. 2. Cognitive psychology. A model for…
STIMULUS ERROR
an error in a response due to focusing on the meaning or semantic status of a stimulus instead of its…