PROPENSITY ANALYSIS
Used to account for group differences on a set of variables, propensity analysis is a statistical approach and is an…
PROPRIETY STANDARDS
Legal and ethical standards for a research study. Examples would be formal agreements between parties involved in the study and…
SELF-ALIENATION
This occurs when a person feels like a stranger to themselves that is accompanied by an emotional distance feeling. Among…
SELF-CONSISTENCY
1. A personality with a high degree of internal stability and harmony. 2. The compatibility of all of the aspects…
SELF-DESENSITIZATION
A procedure used in behaviour therapy where a person confronts fears and uses different strategies to cope. See desensitisation; systematic…
SELF-EVALUATION MAINTENANCE MODEL
A conceptual analysis of affiliations in groups assuming that a person maintains and enhances their self-esteem by associating with high…
SELF-HELP GROUP TYPOLOGY
the classification of self-help groups by the type of problem they are dealing with. This typology have a look on…
SELF-REFERENCE
tendency of some people to direct a discussion or attention back to themselves.
SELF-SELECTION OF DIET
a concept that animals and babies will choose food that is beneficial to their health. For more information, read about…
SEMANTIC CODE
how we store things in memory by applying a conceptual or abstract image to them. You can compare it with…
SEMANTIC SATIATION
the effect where a word will lose its meaning if it is repeated often in rapid succession.
SEMIOTIC MOVEMENT
a trend to formalise systems of visual communication by using symbols that aren't part of a standard alphabet. This promotes…
SENSE OF PRESENCE
1. The sense of being in particular place and time. 2. Understanding your current existence. 3. Parapsychology. The awareness of…
SENSORIMOTOR APHASIA
a sensory or receptive aphasia where our ability to understand and perceive language is impaired. Have a look on global…
SENSORY AWARENESS TRAINING 1
1. A method used in sensate focus therapy to help a person be more aware of their own feelings and…
SENSORY INTEGRATION
a neural process involved in perceiving, organising and evaluating sensory information across the modalities and producing an adaptive response. To…
SENSORY SPOT
a spot on the skin that is highly sensitive to thermal, tactile and pain stimuli.