SELF-DISCOVERY
a process of looking for your own identity. To discover what a one individual has in his personality and what…
SELF-REPORT
the answer to a series of questions about our feelings, beliefs and attitudes etc. Self-report relies on us to be…
SEMANTIC PRIMING
where we process stimuli better depending on what comes first. If a related word is first we process it better…
SEPTAL AREA
an area of the forebrain containing the septal nuclei and the septum pellucidum that separates the lateral ventricles. Pleasure and…
SEXUAL AROUSAL
a state of arousal caused by sexual contact or stimulation where impulses are sent through the central nervous system to…
SHAPE CONSTANCY
a type of perpetual constancy where a shape is the same when viewed from different angles.
SIMULTANEOUS CONDITIONING
Pavlovian technique where conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus are presented at the same time.
SOCIAL DRIVE
the drive we have to establish relationships with other people. See affiliative drive; gregariousness.
SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE
Social neuroscience is a new discipline that aims to integrate social and biological approaches to human behaviour. They are often…
SOCIAL ZONE
Actually, social zone is a zone of distance between 2 people like an attorney and his client. You can compare…
SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH
an approach to designing and evaluating work systems. It is based on a theory that roles and tasks, technology and…
SOURCE CONFUSION
Source confusion is an attribute seen in different people's accounts of the same event after hearing people speak about the…
SPECIAL FACTOR
an ability used in cognitive processes such as a mathematical ability. It was proposed in 1904 by British psychologist and…
SPLIT BRAIN
brain that has been cut into 2 hemispheres and is used on animals in experiments to see what part does…
STAKEHOLDER
person or company who has an interest in a research project that could be a sponsor, director, service recipient. Conflict…
STERNBERG TRIARCHIC ABILITIES TEST (STAT)
This test is used for research purposes. It is a group test and is available in MCQ, essay and figural…
SUBCULTURE
it is just like a community having the main characteristics of one specific culture and some other beliefs and ideas…