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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-FEEDING

Being able to feed yourself. It is the person's ability to feed one

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

SEMEN

the fluid released during ejaculation and contains sperm and secretions from the prostate gland. It is also known as seminal

SENDER

a term used in telepathic experiments who tries to transmit a thought or image to the receiver. See agent.

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 CUE

a sense stimulus that evokes a response or a behaviour pattern.

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

SEPSIS

an infection caused by bacteria or other micro-organisms that form pus in tissues. If it spreads into the blood stream

SERIAL KILLER

a person who keeps killing people often in the same way.

SEROTONIN

A common monoamine neurotransmitter in the brain and central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract. It is synthesized from the dietary amino