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 BEHAVIOR
These are the actions that lead to reproduction and stimulation of sexual organs for satisfaction without conception. It can orientation,…
SHEEP-GOAT EFFECT
an effect seen in parapsychology experiments where the sheep, people who believe in it, and the goats, those who don't,…
SINGLE-EPISODE DEPRESSION
Single episode depression is an episode where a person not with a history of depressive episodes has one. Treatment is…
SOCIAL ANCHORING
basing your attitudes, actions and values on the position by taken by other people. Social anchoring implies a person's lack…
SOCIAL FACILITATION
when we improve our performance in a task when other people are present. This could be due to a heightened…
SOCIALIZATION
1. The process by which we learn social skills. 2. The process that employees adjust to a working environment. 3.…
SOURCE MONITORING
This determines the origin of a person's memories, beliefs and knowledge. Also called reality monitoring.
SPECIFIC TRANSFER
using the skills from task in a similar task where the skills are relevant. Compare general transfer.
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
STANDARD DEVIATION
a measure of dispersion in scores, whether they are narrowly or broadly dispersed around the mean.
STIMULATION
1. The act of increasing levels of activity. 2. Part of perception. See stimulus.