SIGNIFICANT OTHER
1. Your spouse or other person you have a committed relationship with. 2. A person with a profound influence on…
SOCIAL AGENCY
These are the agencies that provide health, welfare and rehabilitation services. The aim is to improve quality of life.
SOCIAL GROWTH
how we develop the ability to deal with other people and different groups in society.
SOCIAL ROLE THEORY
a model that contends that all psychological differences can be attributed to expectations of gender and cultural standards rather than…
SPEED TEST
1. A test to work out the number of problems a person can solve in a set period of time.…
STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION
being able to distinguish between different stimuli. See discrimination.
SUBLIMATION
In the psychoanalytic theory, it is a defence method which result from the unacceptable aggressive and sexual drivers but it…
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
the onset of this movement disorder is experienced when continuous use of antipsychotic drug is discontinued. Patients having Mood disorder…
SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY
Emphasises the importance of autonomy and intrinsic motivation to produce a healthy adjustment. This theory emphasize on how a person…
SELF-REPORT
the answer to a series of questions about our feelings, beliefs and attitudes etc. Self-report relies on us to be…
SIMPLE EFFECTS
Seen in factorial design this is the comparison of group means of one factor at a set level of the…
SOCIAL ANCHORING
basing your attitudes, actions and values on the position by taken by other people. Social anchoring implies a person's lack…
SOCIAL HERITAGE
These are culturally learned social behaviours that are constant through each generation. See cultural heritage; social transmission.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
A number of disciplines that are concerned with social interactions of people that is studied from a research and scientific…
SOLITARY PLAY
the play a child does by himself who is unaware of other children playing close by. Compare associative play; cooperative…
SPINAL REFLEX
This refers to a reflex that involves neural circuits in the spinal cord, often controlling posture or locomotion that is…
STIMULUS EQUIVALENCE
Is the situation when there are two stimuli which both elicit the same response. Stimuli meet the mathematical definition of…