SEX REVERSAL
altering a person's sex characteristics by surgery and hormone treatment so a person will resemble the other sex. The procedure…
SELF-CENSURE
how we judge or own behaviour for its inconsistencies to moral conduct and our personal values. A person feels that…
SELF-CORRECTION
where a person makes an error and adjusts it straight away. To know and then correct all the bad aspects…
SELF-DISCLOSURE
where we will give over information about ourselves to other people. It can increase rapport and trust between people. To…
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
Self-fulfilling prophecy is a belief or expectation that will bring about its fulfilment. You can have a look on Pygmalion…
SELF-INFLICTED WOUND
a physical injury or wound we do to ourselves resulting from self-injury behaviour or attempted suicide.
SELF-PERCEPTION
a person's view of themselves and of any mental or physical attribute that makes up the self. Also called a…
SELF-REGULATORY RESOURCES THEORY
a model that states self-regulation is dependent on a global and finite pool of resources that can be depleted by…
SEMANTIC GENERALIZATION
This results from Pavlovian conditioning where a word or phrase acts as a stimulus because it shares a similar or…
SENSITIVE DEPENDENCE
a tendency for dynamic systems to be sensitive to initial conditions that can diverge over the time. Read about the…
SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
a hearing loss due to pathology of the inner ear or the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the…
SENSORY DEPRIVATION
Sensory reduction is a reduction in sensory stimulation where it is brought to a minimum level due to an environmental…
SENSORY NEGLECT
an ability to attend to sensory information from one side of the body usually from a result of a brain…
SERIAL METHOD
A method of experimentation where cues or stimuli are presented in a set sequence.