SERVOMECHANISM
a device that will automatically activate a change or a correction in performing some functions according to a predetermined set…
SEX TYPING
any behaviour that results from socialisation about what a male of female should do.
SELF-AFFIRMATION
1. The behaviour of expressing a positive attitude towards to yourself. 2. Psychotherapy. A positive statement about ourselves that we…
SELF-CONFRONTATION
where we examine our own behaviours and attitudes to make a change we may need to make. By doing this…
SELF-DEGRADING
the negative images we project of ourselves where we think we are less able than we really are. To degrade…
SELF-ENHANCEMENT II
Behaviour that we use to increase our self-esteem or the esteem of others. We can look for success and make…
SELF-HELP GROUP
a group of people who meet to help each other with similar problems. It is not a therapy group and…
SELFISH GENE HYPOTHESIS
hypothesis that the only purpose a gene is to replicate itself and that they are the overriding units for selection.…
SELF-PUNISHMENT
the act of inflicting pain on ourselves for a perceived bad deed. It is mainly occurred in the severe cases…
SELF-RESPECT
our feeling of worth and self-esteem in regard to our values, dignity and character.
SELF-VERIFICATION HYPOTHESIS
where a person will look for information about themselves that confirms an existing self-concept, whether it is good or bad.…
SEMANTIC PRIMING
where we process stimuli better depending on what comes first. If a related word is first we process it better…
SENSE OF EQUILIBRIUM
the sense that maintains our balance while doing different actions. Also called equilibrator sense; labyrinthine sense; static sense; vestibular sense.…
SENSITIZATION
1. A form of non-associative learning where an organism becomes more responsive to stimuli after being exposed to strong or…
SENSORY APROSODIA
an inability to understand inflection of language through emotion. Compare motor aprosodia.
SENSORY FIELD
This refers to the total stimuli that are impinging on a receptor at any given time.