TACHISTOSCOPE
a device which displays the object, pictures, numbers and words on the screen. It is also known as T scope.…
TASK STRUCTURE
it is the structure in which the means to the end; everything is structured properly to perform a task. To…
SELF-ACTIVITY
The decision to carry out actions you have thought about yourself and not been told to do. Such activity is…
SELF-EFFICACY
a capacity to bring about a desired result. To bring desired results by performing in an efficient way is known…
SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
These are the 3 looped tubular channels in the inner ear that help maintain our balance and equilibrium. They form…
SEQUENTIAL EFFECT
Choice-reaction tasks. It is the influence of a preceding trial on the performance of the current trail.
SEXUAL ATTRACTION
a first step in mating behaviour of many animals where stimuli are emitted to attract the opposite sex.
SHARED ENVIRONMENT
Behaviour genetic analysis. Aspects of the environment that people living together will share and make be more similar than just…
SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
a repeated measures design where a single person, group or sampling unit is observed over time. Also called intrasubject replication…
SNOWBALL SAMPLING
A recruitment method for new participants. The current participants are asked to recommend new people for the study.
SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY
a theory that envisions social interactions as an exchange where the people seek to maximise their benefits within the limits…
SOCIAL PERCEPTION
Social perception is basically is a person's awareness of social phenomena and the ability to infer motives and values from…
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY
A theoretical framework where the functions of personality are explained by cognitive contents and processes acquired through social interaction.
SOFT DETERMINISM
Soft determinism is position where all events, human actions and choices all have causes but free will and responsibility are…
SOURCE MEMORY
Being able to remember the origin of a memory or of the knowledge of how we came to have that…
SPECIES-SPECIFIC DEFENSE REACTION (SSDR)
a defence reaction to adverse stimuli when another is absent. This bias determines the rate of learning an organism may…