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SENSORIMOTOR ARC

a reflex arc of an afferent sensory branch and an efferent sensory branch.

SENSORY BIAS

a display of a sensory preference that may relate to species signals. It is about the biasness an organism has

SENSORY INTEGRATION DYSFUNCTION

where we have trouble in organising and processing sensory input.

SENSORY STIMULATION

a response in a sensory conductor to a form of stimulus.

SEPARATION ANXIETY

a fear of being taken away from the person you trust most, mainly at a young age.

SERENTIL

Trade name for mesoridazine.

SERMS

the abbreviation for Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators. See anti oestrogen.

SET-UP

the arrangement of equipment, data collectors and participants needed for a study.

SEX INSTINCT

a dominant trait in men and recessive in women and the full effects are only seen in men.

SEX-LINKED

a gene that is found on one of the sex chromosomes, usually X or a trait determined by the gene.

SELF-ASSERTION

the act of putting forward your own opinions or to express your needs, rights and wishes. In this way person

SELF-CONSTRUAL

a specific label of the self in connection with independent self-construal and interdependent ones. This term is specified for locating

SELF-DETERMINATION

how we control our behaviour by using our convictions and internal demands. Also called self-direction. To be very serious about

SELF-EXCITING CIRCUIT

a neural pathway where part of the output goes back to the originating cell to maintain activity.

SELF-HYPNOSIS

how we put ourselves into a trance or a trancelike state by autosuggestion. See autohypnosis.

SELF-MARKING TEST

a test that automatically scores a person's results as right or wrong.

SELF-REFERENCING

used in advertising and marketing by making people think about how a product relates to them and past experiences.

SELF-STATEMENT

See self-instructional training; training.

SEMANTIC DEMENTIA

a selective and progressive impairment of our semantic memory that ends up in difficulties in naming words and comprehending words.

SEMANTICITY

1. The property of a language that allows it to represent events, ideas, objects and actions and to communicate meaning.2.