SYMPHOROPHILIA
Sexual interest and arousal derived from the stage of managing a disaster or similar occurrence. A person with symphorophilia may…
TANGENTIAL SPEECH
To go straight away from the main subject. The person with this problem is unable to do proper verbal communication…
SELF-CONSISTENCY PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY
a variation of cognitive dissonance theory stating it is likely to occur when an inconsistency involves an aspect of self.…
SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCT
the organism's act to save itself from any injury and to maximize its safety. It is a natural tendency found…
SEMANTIC GENERALIZATION
This results from Pavlovian conditioning where a word or phrase acts as a stimulus because it shares a similar or…
SENSORY PRECONDITIONING
It is a form of Pavlovian conditioning by pairing 2 neutral stimuli as well as pairing one of those stimuli…
SEX TYPING
any behaviour that results from socialisation about what a male of female should do.
SEXUAL TRAUMA
It is a disturbing experiences relating to sex, such as rape and other sex offences. It is just like a…
SKILL LEARNING
the learning of a task to give accuracy, speed and performance after a high degree of practice. Skills may be…
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM
Social constructionism is associated with post-modernism when any knowledge of reality is in fact a construct of culture, language and…
SOCIAL JUSTICE NORM
This norm states that people should be helped by others only if they deserve to be helped. Compare reciprocity norm;…
SOCIAL SCIENCE
A number of disciplines that are concerned with social interactions of people that is studied from a research and scientific…
SOCIOGENIC HYPOTHESIS
the ideal that social conditions are the major cause of mental and behavioural disorders.
SOMATOGRAPHY
a variety of body visualisation techniques used in engineering and equipment design.
SPATIAL NEGLECT
a disorder where a person has trouble in recognising and using space. This occurs mainly on a person's left side.…
SPEECH FUNCTIONS
These are the reasons for speech such as communication and to maintain social relationships. See speech act.
S-R LEARNING MODEL
a hypothesis that says learning leads to forming stimulus-response connections and is used in Pavlovian conditioning. In instrumental conditioning, the…