SENSORY ORGANIZATION
the neural process of impulse organisation from sensory receptors into a meaningful perception.
SEXUAL INHIBITION
a suppressing sexual desire or an inability to feel sexual desire, or to perform. Read also about the hypoactive sexual…
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
Null hypothesis significance testing. the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The probability of a type…
SITUATIONALISM
That behaviour is based on interaction with the external environment and not internal factors.
SOCIAL CLASS
Social class is division in society where people share a common level of income, status, power and prestige as well…
SOCIAL INSTINCT
1. Desire for contact and a feeling of belonging in a social setting. 2. Psychology of Alfred Adler. The innate…
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NORM
a social standard that says we will help people in need. Compare reciprocity norm; social justice norm.
SPATIAL DISORDER
disorder of our space perception that is often associated with a parietal lobe lesion.
SPECTATOR EFFECT
This effects how we carry out a task with other people present. If we are confident, the spectators improve performance.…
SPREADING ACTIVATION
1. Neuroscience. The hypothetical process where the activation of one neuron spreads to others. 2. Cognitive psychology. A model for…
STANDARDIZATION GROUP
a sample group to establish the norms for the population it is representing. It is also known as standardization sample.…
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POLICY ANALYSIS
an accumulation of methods of breaking down data (i) to ascertain alternative policy and program selections in cost-benefit terms, (ii)…
POSTFORMAL THOUGHT
the involved manners wherein adults structure their thinking based upon the complex nature of adult life. It is a further…
PRAGMATISM
a philosophical stance holding that the truth value of a proposition or a theory is to be identified in its…
PREMONITORY DREAM
a dream which seems to render advance notice or caution of some occurrence that has yet to take place.