SOFT DETERMINISM
Soft determinism is position where all events, human actions and choices all have causes but free will and responsibility are…
SOURCE MEMORY
Being able to remember the origin of a memory or of the knowledge of how we came to have that…
SPECIES-SPECIFIC DEFENSE REACTION (SSDR)
a defence reaction to adverse stimuli when another is absent. This bias determines the rate of learning an organism may…
STIGMATOPHILIA
a sexual interest in and the arousal by a partner who has tattoos or scars in the genital area.
STRANGULATED AFFECT
Is the physical symptom that is seen when a person inhibits a normal discharge of emotion. This theory was advanced…
SUBJECT VARIABLE
The variable which is related to individual in the research is called subject variable. This variable is not usually changed…
SUBSTITUTES FOR LEADERSHIP THEORY
approach which states that leader is not important for the efficient group action in certain working situation. Read also situational…
SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR
Type of the reaction to certain situations/impulses that gets so embedded in individual's course of action that he repeats it…
TACHISTOSCOPE
a device which displays the object, pictures, numbers and words on the screen. It is also known as T scope.…
TASK STRUCTURE
it is the structure in which the means to the end; everything is structured properly to perform a task. To…
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PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE
the state of affairs wherein nearly all members of a group privately refute what is considered to be the majority…
POSITIVE SELF-REGARD
an outlook of self-esteem or self-value. Positive self-regard is frequently sought as an objective in remediation and is nurtured by…
POWER TEST
a kind of test aimed to compute the involved party's degree of mastery of a specific topic under conditions of…
PREDISPOSITION
noun. 1. a vulnerability to forming a disorder or illness, the actual growth of which is started by the interaction…
POINT LOCALIZATION
the capacity to find a point on the skin which is aroused. The point-localization test is a somatosensory test wherein…