SELF-IMAGE
how we see ourselves and gives us a sense of our personality and our success in relationships and our wellbeing.…
SINGLE BLIND
an experiment procedure where the people involved don't know of the treatment, manipulation or type drug administered. Compare double blind;…
SOCIAL PENETRATION THEORY
a model that shows a close relationship will get closer as both people disclose more and more intimate things about…
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
STRESS REACTION
Is the abnormal or non-adaptive behaviour which can be seen in response to stress is called stress reaction. Stress causes…
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING
Cognitive behaviour therapy aiming to modify maladaptive beliefs and to develop new skills. See self-statement training. This training is not…
SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
a repeated measures design where a single person, group or sampling unit is observed over time. Also called intrasubject replication…
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NORM
a social standard that says we will help people in need. Compare reciprocity norm; social justice norm.
SPURIOUS CORRELATION
the situation where variables are correlated through their common relationship with one or more other variables but not through a…
STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY
Is a family psychotherapy that gives a modus for analytical approach to family problems that goes from the assumption that…
SELF-INVENTORY
a question are used by a person to check the characteristics they perceive to apply to themselves.
SITUATIONAL ATTRIBUTION
1. Attribution theory. The attributes of your behaviour to the external or circumstantial causes. 2. The ascription of an event…
SOCIAL SCIENCE
A number of disciplines that are concerned with social interactions of people that is studied from a research and scientific…
SYMPTOMATOLOGY
1. The combination of signs, markers or indications of a disease or disorder. 2. The scientific study of the markers…
SELF-OBJECTIFICATION
how we achieve objective knowledge about our self and our understanding of our self.
SITUATIONAL DETERMINANTS
These are the conditions in the environment existing before and after an organism's response and influence. It is one of…