SELF-INVENTORY
a question are used by a person to check the characteristics they perceive to apply to themselves.
SELF-VERBALIZATION
where we talk to ourselves out loud that can be a cognitive strategy to foster internal self-regulation by a verbally…
SENSE OF COHERENCE
a perception of having clarity or intelligibility, being capable of thinking and expressing yourself clearly. 2. The ability to present…
SENSORY MEMORY
brief memory storage of sensory information which holds material before it is recoded for other memory or for comprehension. It…
SERIAL POSITION CURVE
a graphic representation of items remembered as a function of the order they were presented in. Item sat the beginning…
SEXUAL IMPRINTING
when an animal or bird develops a preference for a sexual partner. Birds will socialise with birds they are exposed…
SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY (SDT)
a collection of concepts and techniques from communication theory, electrical engineering and decision theory that was used in WWII to…
SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY
a leadership theory that says the leaders should use different amounts of supportive and directive leadership that is dependent on…
SOCIAL CHANGE
a process where the general structure of a society is changed. The Industrial revolution is a good example of this.…
SOCIAL IDENTITY
1. These are the personal qualities that a person has and displays to others consistently that they part of your…
SOCIAL REPRESSION
Social repression is the act of controlling, subduing or suppressing people, groups and larger social aggregations by interpersonal means. Techniques…
SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS
These are the environmental conditions that play a part in adaptive and healthy behaviour and wellbeing or just the opposite.…
SOMATIC CONCERN
where a person worries about or is concerned about their physical health and any symptoms they might present. Have a…
SPECIFICITY THEORY
a theory that the pain mechanism, like hearing and vision, is a specific modality that has its own central and…
STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION
being able to distinguish between different stimuli. See discrimination.
STRIVING FOR SUPERIORITY
Is the use of effort to obtain superiority over others. This drive motivates a person to do everything perfect and…
SUBJECTIVE TEST
The test which is not scored by following strict rules. There is an open choice to score them. These tests…