SELF-BLAMING DEPRESSION
the name for a major depressive episode where an unreasonable guilt is evident. This depression is experienced because a person…
SELF-CONTROL TECHNIQUE
A techniques used in behaviour therapy where people evaluate their own behaviour and reinforce the desired behaviour. All the techniques…
SELF-DIFFERENTIATION
a tendency to see recognition for your own [personality and uniqueness in a group. To find out how I am…
SELF-IMAGE
how we see ourselves and gives us a sense of our personality and our success in relationships and our wellbeing.…
SELF-OBJECTIFICATION
how we achieve objective knowledge about our self and our understanding of our self.
SELF-REGULATION
how we control our behaviour by self-monitoring desires as well as the desirable behaviour. Read about the self-control; self-management. Self-…
SELF-STIMULATION
1. The act of stimulating or arousing ourselves. 2. Read about the intracranial self-stimulation; pleasure centre as well as see…
SEMANTIC ENCODING
the cognitive encoding of new information focusing on the meaningful aspects as opposed to the perceived characteristics. You read about…
SENSATION SEEKING
a tendency for a person to seek out thrilling activities to increase stimulation and arousal.
SENSIBILITY
1. The capacity to respond to an emotional situation with a refined feeling. 2. The ability to receive sensory input.…
SENSORIMOTOR RHYTHM (SMR)
a rhythmical electrical impulse that is recorded in the cortex of our brain and is used in biofeedback studies. Have…
SENSORY MEMORY
brief memory storage of sensory information which holds material before it is recoded for other memory or for comprehension. It…
SENSORY SYSTEM
the structure that is involved in sensation that includes the sense organs and receptors, afferent sensory neurons and sensory areas…