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…
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…
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.…