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SELF-LOVE

1. The regard for our own interest and contentment. 2. The excessive self-regard or a narcissistic attitude to your own

SELF-REFERENCE

tendency of some people to direct a discussion or attention back to themselves.

SELF-SELECTION OF DIET

a concept that animals and babies will choose food that is beneficial to their health. For more information, read about

SEMANTIC CODE

how we store things in memory by applying a conceptual or abstract image to them. You can compare it with

SEMANTIC SATIATION

the effect where a word will lose its meaning if it is repeated often in rapid succession.

SEMIOTIC MOVEMENT

a trend to formalise systems of visual communication by using symbols that aren't part of a standard alphabet. This promotes

SENIUM

a term for the period of old age.

SENSE OF PRESENCE

1. The sense of being in particular place and time. 2. Understanding your current existence. 3. Parapsychology. The awareness of

SENSORIMOTOR APHASIA

a sensory or receptive aphasia where our ability to understand and perceive language is impaired. Have a look on global

SENSORY AWARENESS TRAINING 1

1. A method used in sensate focus therapy to help a person be more aware of their own feelings and

SENSORY INTEGRATION

a neural process involved in perceiving, organising and evaluating sensory information across the modalities and producing an adaptive response. To

SENSORY SPOT

a spot on the skin that is highly sensitive to thermal, tactile and pain stimuli.

SEPARATED DISPLAY

Ergonomics. It is a machine display that separates primary as well as secondary information to highlight the most important pieces

SERENDIPITY

a knack some people have of making a fortune discovery purely by accident.

SERIES

a collection of items that are arranged in order.

SET ZONE

a range of variables that a feedback system tries to maintain. See critical range.

SEX IDENTITY

1. The biological determined sexual condition of a person. 2. The learned identity that relates to a person sex. See

SEX-LIMITED

trait or anomaly expressed by one sex and is determined by genes rather than sex chromosomes.

SELF-ANALYSIS

1. Exploring the self for a better understanding your personal thoughts and emotions. 2. The attempt to apply psychoanalytical principles

SELF-CONSISTENCY PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY

a variation of cognitive dissonance theory stating it is likely to occur when an inconsistency involves an aspect of self.