STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING
Is a type of sampling conducted randomly within different strata of the population; the sample obtained is known as stratified…
SUSCEPTIBILITY
1. The vulnerability or increased likelihood of being affected by a disease or illness. 2. The capacity to feel deep…
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-INVENTORY
a question are used by a person to check the characteristics they perceive to apply to themselves.
SENSATION SEEKING
a tendency for a person to seek out thrilling activities to increase stimulation and arousal.
SITUATED IDENTITIES THEORY
Situated identities theory is theory that says we take on different roles in different settings and how behaviour can radically…
SOCIAL CONVENTIONS
These are the established rules, procedures and methods that are accepted as a guide for social conduct see social norms.…
SOCIAL NORMS
These norms prescribe the appropriate way to respond in social situations but also that which should be avoided. They apply…
SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
1. A viewpoint to mental health and health, politics, history and other areas of human experience that emphasises the environmental…
SUBTHERAPEUTIC DOSE
Dosage of the medicine that will not provide desired result. sometimes done in order to get contrary result. basically not…
SYMBOLIC REWARD
The prize that doesn't have significant material value but is nevertheless extremely valuable to a person receiving it. In psychology,…
SELF-CENSURE
how we judge or own behaviour for its inconsistencies to moral conduct and our personal values. A person feels that…
SELF-MANAGEMENT
1. It is about how we control our own behaviour. 2 A behaviour therapy program where people are trained to…
SENSE OF SELF
our feeling of identity, uniqueness and self-direction. Read about the self-concept; self-image; sense of identity.
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
A method of behaviour study in a natural setting and not a laboratory. See naturalistic observation.
SOCIAL DEFICIT
an inability or an unwillingness to act in accordance to age, physical condition and intelligence. It can reduce a person's…