SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM
triangular shaped translucent membrane that separates the anterior horns of the lateral ventricles of the brain.
SERIAL POLYGAMY
This term applies to a person who repeatedly gets married and divorced many times in a life time.
SEROTONIN SYNDROME
collection of symptoms that include agitation, delirium, confusion and an increased heart rate that is due to the excess activity…
SEX DETERMINATION
genetic mechanism that will determine the sex of offspring. See sex differentiation.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
The realisation of what you are capable of. Also called self-realisation. See humanistic psychology; Maslow's Motivational Hierarchy. By doing this,…
SELF-COMPLEXITY
the degree to that different aspects of the self-concept are not connected to each other. No aspect of self-concept relates…
SELF-DECEPTION
1. A failure to see your own limitations. 2. Developing a false or an unrealistic concept of you. To deceive…
SELF-DISCREPANCY
the incongruousness between different aspects of our own self-concepts. To have a difference between various concepts of one's ideologies due…
SELF-GUIDE
a set image or a goal that van be used to direct self-regulation. Self-guide is used to direct one's self…
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL IMAGERY
the imagery we use when we learn and then a perfect a new skill. See mental practice.
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…