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…
SELF-RATING SCALE
a questionnaire or an inventory we use to assess our own characteristics.
SELF-SELECTED GROUPS DESIGN
an experimental design where people choose the group or the condition to be exposed to.
SEMANTIC APHASIA
a form of aphasia where a person cannot understand a word but is able to say it. Also see logic…
SEMANTIC PSYCHOSIS
a tendency of some antisocial people to distort a words meaning as well as make it what a person wants…
SEMIOSIS (SEMEIOSIS)
when objects, words, gestures and other entities are associated with meanings and function as a sign within a sign system.…
SENSE OF IDENTITY
our awareness of being a distinct person that appears at a young age. Read about the identity; self; separation-individuation for…
SENSORIMOTOR
1. describing behaviour or activity or a brain process that combines sensory and motor function.2. A mixed nerve that has…
SENSORY ATAXIA
a lack of muscle coordination due to a loss of sense of movements in our limbs.
SENSORY PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
This studies the relationships between physiological and psychological functioning as it pertains to the senses and perception.
SERIAL-ORDER LEARNING, SERIAL MEMORY
to remember a list of items in a sequence. See serial position effect; serial recall.
SET THEORY
A branch of mathematics and logic concerned with the properties of sets, collections of things see class theory.
SEX HYGIENE
the hygiene and health maintenance related to sexual activity. Also called sexual hygiene.