SKELETAL AGE
A measure of the maturity of our skeleton that can be the same, less or more than our real age.
SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY
This states that people evaluate their own abilities and attitude relative to other peoples. We compare ourselves with others. In…
SOCIAL JUDGMENT THEORY
a theory dealing with attitude change that postulates the magnitude of persuasion that is produced by a certain message depends…
SOCIAL SANCTION
a punishment put on person who is member of the group and have violated a rule or standard of the…
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (SES)
The position of a person or group on the socioeconomic scale that is determined by a combination of economic and…
SOMATOGNOSIA
the awareness we have of the parts of our body. The opposite, the denial of our body parts is called…
SPECULATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
view that is based on speculation and not research and experiments. Also read armchair psychology; rational psychology.
SPURIOUS CORRELATION
the situation where variables are correlated through their common relationship with one or more other variables but not through a…
STIMULUS GENERALIZATION
Is the effect of conditioning which removes the discrimination between two stimuli and responsible for evoking the same response. If…
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Is a term which comprises of any theory in psychology that tells that the organization of mind and personality which…
SUBLIMINAL PERCEPTION
It is a registration of the stimuli which is too weak or too quick to be able to influence the…
SURFACE STRUCTURE (S-STRUCTURE)
theoretical approach invented by the Noam Chomsky which states that spoken or written sentence is opposite to intrinsic frame. The…
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…