STIMULUS ERROR
an error in a response due to focusing on the meaning or semantic status of a stimulus instead of its…
STROOP EFFECT
Is used to ascertain the time limit that is taken to tell the colour of ink which represents the name…
SUBLIMATION
In the psychoanalytic theory, it is a defence method which result from the unacceptable aggressive and sexual drivers but it…
SUGGESTIBILITY
1. Emotional characteristic where ideas or attitudes of other person is accepted without criticism; 2. term sometimes used for hypnotic…
SUPRALIMINAL PERCEPTION
1. Processing sensory data above the threshold of perception. 2. Processing information the senses detect but we don't consciously perceive.…
SYMBOLIZATION
1. look symbolism; 2. Albert Bandura in his psychology theory defines symbolization as capability to define individual's actions in group…
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
1. A personality trait of reflection about yourself. 2. See reflective consciousness. 3. Sensitivity about our own behaviour, appearance and…
SELF-PERCEPTION
a person's view of themselves and of any mental or physical attribute that makes up the self. Also called a…
SEMANTIC FLUENCY
an ability to generate words in different categories. Also called category fluency.
SENSORY PATHWAY
a route that nerve impulses follow when going from a sensory organ to a sensory area of the brain. Read…
SEVERITY ERROR
a rating error where ratings are consistently overly negative especially with the regard to sex-influenced character to the performance or…
SEXUAL TENSION
An anxious and restlessness that is associated with the sex drive and the normal release of sexual energy.
SIMON EFFECT
seen in a 2 choice task where the response is faster if the location of the stimulus is better than…
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…