SOCIAL-DECISION SCHEME
a rule or strategy used in a group to select an alternative from choices put forward during discussions. These schemes…
SPECIES-SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR
the behaviour that is specific to the members of a species and is unlearned. Also called species typical behaviour. Read…
STANDARD SCORE
the score that is obtained from an original score by subtracting the mean value of all scores in the batch…
STRUCTURED LEARNING
elaborate psychotherapeutical approach that tries to teach individuals to apply positive knowledge's that lead toward successful and healthy life. This…
SURFACE TRAITS
sum of 35 individual traits that can be directly observed from the patient's conduct. These traits are consistent with not…
SYSTEM OF MULTICULTURAL PLURALISTIC ASSESSMENT (SOMPA)
It is an assessment that is used to test the children who are between the age of 5 to 11,…
SELFISH GENE HYPOTHESIS
hypothesis that the only purpose a gene is to replicate itself and that they are the overriding units for selection.…
SENSITIVITY
1. The capacity to detect and discriminate. 2. The probability that a test gives a positive diagnosis given that a…
SLOW LEARNER
This name is given to a child with a lower than average intelligence who may have mental retardation or may…
SOCIAL DESIRABILITY
1. The extent that a person is considered to be a valuable member of a social group. 2. The bias…
SOCIAL PLAY
1. Play that involves interacting with others for sport and for fun. 2. Patterns of play that is identified by…
SOCIALIZATION
1. The process by which we learn social skills. 2. The process that employees adjust to a working environment. 3.…
SPECIFICITY
1. the quality of being unique from everything else. 2. A probability that a person will test negative for a…
STANDARDIZATION GROUP
a sample group to establish the norms for the population it is representing. It is also known as standardization sample.…
SUBCULTURE
it is just like a community having the main characteristics of one specific culture and some other beliefs and ideas…
SURPLUS ENERGY THEORY
a hypothesis that children and young animals engage in locomotor play due to excess energy. See play.
SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION
getting data in well ordered manner that will give reliable information about something.
SELF-CONFIDENCE
1. Our self-assurance in trusting our abilities, capacities and judgements. 2. the belief that we can meet the demands of…