SEMANTIC PRIMITIVE
a fundamental building block thought to be involved with meaning of words. In young children, semantic primitives are thought to…
SENSE OF FREE WILL
a sense to do as we please and not forced to act a certain way. It is opposite to the…
SENSORY AREA
the area of the cerebral cortex that gets input from sensory neurons via the thalamus. There are primary and secondary…
SENSORY HOMUNCULUS
figurative representation of the relative sizes of the sensory areas of the brain. The form of this model is distorted…
SENSORY PRECONDITIONING
It is a form of Pavlovian conditioning by pairing 2 neutral stimuli as well as pairing one of those stimuli…
SENTINEL BEHAVIOR
Animal behaviour. It is about a member of a group who will watch out for the predators and give a…
SEQUESTRATION
a process of separating the unacceptable or pathological aspects of our personality from the normal part.
SERIAL-MEMORY SEARCH
memory retrieval process where a short term memory is examined in the order it was placed into memory.
SEX-INFLUENCED CHARACTER
These are the inherited traits that are dominant in one sex but recessive in another.
SELF-ALIEN SYNDROME
the name given to various conditions where an aspect of yourself is seen as being outside of your control. It…
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
1. A personality trait of reflection about yourself. 2. See reflective consciousness. 3. Sensitivity about our own behaviour, appearance and…
SELF-DEROGATION
a tendency to disparage you that is usually unrealistic. To laugh on your own traits and acts that is not…
SELF-ESTEEM
the degree to which the qualities contained in our self-concept are seen to be positive. It reflects a person's image…
SELF-HELP GROUP PROCESSES
the way that a group seeks to influence its members and to provide a sense of belonging and importance. These…