STIMULUS CONTROL
It is the limit to which organism's behaviour is affected by stimulus condition. It can refer to various responses occurring…
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Is a type of consciousness where there is a flow of ideas instead of singular discrete ones. It emphasizes the…
SUBJECTIVE NORMS
The norms which are followed by considering the other people in mind to make oneself acceptable for the people around…
SUCCESSFUL AGING
1. Ability to grow old without illness or invalidity, to preservemental abilities and stay active; 2. adjustment to growing old…
SUPPLICATION
used by a person who acts weak and dependent in order to motivate other people to provide assistance and care.…
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
Theory in sociology that presents idea that self-perspective is constructed by defining symbolic body language, actual words, physical actions that…
SYNCRETISM
It is a process of using one or two system theories or the concepts into the new concept, theory or…
TACTILE COMMUNICATION
The communication that is done by touch. This communication is made to communicate without saying anything. This type of communication…
TASTE BLINDNESS
a reduction in sensitivity to bitter tastes as a result of having less taste buds. The inability of a person…
SELF-AWARENESS
1. see self-understanding. 2. seen in animal behaviour. To know about one's self. Human beings are more likely to be…
SELF-TRANSCENDENCE
a state where a person can devote themselves fully to another person, work, cause or activity. It was first described…
SENSATIONALISM
Philosophy. The position that all knowledge comes from sensations and all abstract ideas are related to elementary sense impressions. Read…
SENSORY INTERACTION
the integration of processes to perform a task. For more understanding, read about the cross modal association; intersensory perception; perceptual…
SERIAL POLYGAMY
This term applies to a person who repeatedly gets married and divorced many times in a life time.
SIB-PAIR METHOD
a genetic technique to find the extent of inherited psychiatric factors among blood relatives as compared to the general population.…
SITUATIONAL HOMOSEXUALITY
Situational homosexuality is the developing of same sex sexual behaviour where there is no opportunity for a heterosexual relationship. For…
SOCIAL CATEGORY
a group of people defined by class, or a common element such as un employed, retired, etc.