SENSATION INCREMENT
Psychophysics. A noticeable increase in the intensity of a sensory experience.
SENSE-RATIOS METHOD
a system of scaling sensory magnitudes by choosing stimuli perceived to be at equal intervals along a scale.
SENSORIMOTOR INTELLIGENCE
in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development that knowledge is obtained from sensory perception and motor actions involving objects in…
SENSORY CONSCIOUSNESS
sensory stimuli with visual, tactile, olfactory, and auditory and taste qualities. Compare higher order consciousness.
SENSORY INTERACTION
the integration of processes to perform a task. For more understanding, read about the cross modal association; intersensory perception; perceptual…
SENSORY SUMMATION
Basically sensory summation is the combining of sensory inputs at different levels of the nervous system. For concept clarity, have…
SEPARATION DISTRESS
Separation distress is the anxiety and discomfort a person feels when the person they are attached to the leaves. For…
SERIAL EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH
A hypothesised process of looking for a target item in short term memory.
SEVERE MENTAL RETARDATION
The diagnostic category that applies to people with IQs of 20 to 30 and is about 70% of people with…
SEX OFFENSE
an act of sexual nature that is against the law. The person is called a sex offender. Some include violence…
SELF-AWARENESS
1. see self-understanding. 2. seen in animal behaviour. To know about one's self. Human beings are more likely to be…
SELF-CONTROL
a person's ability to control emotions and behaviour and to limit our impulses. See self- discipline; self-regulation; self-controlled. Having this…
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
when we grow and or improve our abilities and qualities. The gradual movement of one's capabilities, traits, features and qualities…
SELF-EXTINCTION
Psychoanalytic theory. A form of neurotic behaviour where a person who is lacking experience of himself as an entity as…
SELF-IDENTIFICATION
how we see ourselves in terms of white, Italian, mother, lucky, clever, etc.
SELF-MUTILATION
an act of disfiguring yourself by harming yourself by cutting or some other form of wounding.
SELF-REFLECTION
The examination and contemplation of our thoughts and actions. Look on the reflective consciousness.
SELF-STATEMENT TRAINING (SST)
the use of positive reinforcement about ourselves and is used in self-instructional training.