SOMATOGNOSIA
the awareness we have of the parts of our body. The opposite, the denial of our body parts is called…
SPONTANEOUS REMISSION
the reduction or disappearance of symptoms without any therapeutic intervention, which may be temporary or permanent. It most commonly refers…
STIMULUS ERROR
an error in a response due to focusing on the meaning or semantic status of a stimulus instead of its…
SUBORDINATE
It is person who is under the authority or control of another person. In the animals, it is an animal…
SYMBOLIC FUNCTION
The process primarily described in relation to young children, from age 2 to 4, in which children can create mental…
SELF-DISCOVERY
a process of looking for your own identity. To discover what a one individual has in his personality and what…
SELF-SYSTEM
used to describe a person with a fixed personality based on approved behaviour patterns where disapproved patterns are blocked out.…
SEX TYPING
any behaviour that results from socialisation about what a male of female should do.
SISSY BEHAVIOR
a slang term for effeminate behaviour in a boy. See role confusion; tomboyism.
SOCIAL CATEGORY
a group of people defined by class, or a common element such as un employed, retired, etc.
SOCIAL INCENTIVE
an inducement to behave in an approved way that involves offering interpersonal rewards like acceptance, inclusion, approval that quality of…
SOCIAL SKILLS
These are the skills that allow a person to interact and to act appropriately in given social contexts. The skills…
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
STRANGULATED AFFECT
Is the physical symptom that is seen when a person inhibits a normal discharge of emotion. This theory was advanced…
SYMBOLIC PLAY
type of children games where the child's neural system plays pretend games: child pretends that he/she is someone else, and…
TARGET STIMULUS
the stimulus that people in a test or procedure must respond to. Among many stimuli, a person selects the one…