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…
SELF-EFFICACY
a capacity to bring about a desired result. To bring desired results by performing in an efficient way is known…
SEXUAL ATTITUDES
These are a person's beliefs about sexuality shown by a person's behaviour and are based on cultural views and previous…
SITUATED IDENTITIES THEORY
Situated identities theory is theory that says we take on different roles in different settings and how behaviour can radically…
SOCIAL CLIMATE
the general character of the social milieu where people live that is a combination of customs, morals, attitudes and behaviour.
SOCIAL JUDGMENT THEORY
a theory dealing with attitude change that postulates the magnitude of persuasion that is produced by a certain message depends…
SOCIAL STATISTICS
the application of statistical methods to understanding social problems and issues. See demography.
SPORT SCIENCE
The application of biophysical and social scientific methods to study sport behaviour.
STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING
Is a type of sampling conducted randomly within different strata of the population; the sample obtained is known as stratified…