SENTENCE-REPETITION TEST
a test where a person needs to remember and recall more and more difficult sentences.
SEQUENCE EFFECT
seen in repeated measures designs and is the effect of treatments being carried out in a set order.
SERTOLI CELL
an elongated cell that lines the seminiferous tubules and protects and nourish sperm.
SEX DIFFERENTIATION
the acquiring of distinctive features for each sex during development. Human sexual differentiation can be genetically determined at the time…
SEX STEROID
These are the steroid hormones that are secreted by the gonads. See sex hormone.
SELF-ADMINISTRATION
Used in animal research. The procedure to study the rewarding effects of drugs. An animal will receive a drug reward…
SELF-CONCEPT TEST
a personality test to see a person views their beliefs, attitudes, values, goals, self-worth, body concept and abilities. This personality…
SELF-DEFEATING PERSONALITY DISORDER
a personality disorder when people are reluctant to seek pleasure and focus on their worst personal features. A person is…
SELF-EFFACEMENT
1. Acting so as not to draw attention to you. 2. The neurotic idealisation of compliancy, dependency and selfless love…
SELF-INTEREST
a personal advantage or benefit that includes the pursuit of benefits and rewards and avoiding costs, harm and danger.
SELF-PROMOTION
how we make ourselves look good to others by highlighting our competence and abilities.
SELF-REPORT INVENTORY
questionnaire when people are asked to note how a descriptor applies to them.
SELF-UNDERSTANDING
Attain the insight into your attitudes, motives, defences, reactions, weaknesses and strengths. Also called self-awareness.
SEMANTIC NETWORK
a graph that captures semantic relationships and was created by research into artificial intelligences. This system has been used in…
SEMINAL VESICLE
the name of a seminal vesicle found in human males between the bladder and the rectum. The seminal vesicles secrete…
SENILE PLAQUES
These are the plaques that are linked with the Alzheimer's Disease. The concentration of these plaques is seen in the…
SENSITIVITY
1. The capacity to detect and discriminate. 2. The probability that a test gives a positive diagnosis given that a…