SELF-PRESENTATION
Any behaviour that is designed to convey an image about ourselves to other people. This explains why our behaviour can…
SELF-REPORT
the answer to a series of questions about our feelings, beliefs and attitudes etc. Self-report relies on us to be…
SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE
This term is applied to the knowledge information that a person acquires. It is also referred as the generic knowledge.…
SENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER'S TYPE TSDAT)
The older name for Alzheimer's type onset after age 65. See Alzheimer's disease.
SENSORIUM COMMUNE
a hypothetical location in the brain that was thought to be the seat of sensation and the site of operation…
SENSORY DISORDER 1
1. An anatomical or physiological abnormality interfering with transmission of information from a sense organ to its reception point in…
SENSORY NEURON
a neuron that gets information from the environment via specialised receptor cells and transmit it to the central nervous system.
SENTENCE-COMPLETION TEST
a test where we are required to finish a sentence already begun. This test is used to evaluate personality or…
SERIAL POSITION CURVE
a graphic representation of items remembered as a function of the order they were presented in. Item sat the beginning…
SEROTONIN-RECEPTOR AGONISTS
These are the agents that increase the affinity as well as the availability of serotonin at the receptors in the…
SEX DIFFERENCES
1. The difference between the physical features of males and females. 2. The difference between males and females and how…
SEX SENSATIONS
the sensations felt on genitals and our erogenous zones. Also called sexual sensations.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
The realisation of what you are capable of. Also called self-realisation. See humanistic psychology; Maslow's Motivational Hierarchy. By doing this,…