SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION
getting data in well ordered manner that will give reliable information about something.
SELF-CONFRONTATION
where we examine our own behaviours and attitudes to make a change we may need to make. By doing this…
SELF-OBJECTIFICATION
how we achieve objective knowledge about our self and our understanding of our self.
SENSITIVITY
1. The capacity to detect and discriminate. 2. The probability that a test gives a positive diagnosis given that a…
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
A method of behaviour study in a natural setting and not a laboratory. See naturalistic observation.
SOCIAL CONVENTIONS
These are the established rules, procedures and methods that are accepted as a guide for social conduct see social norms.…
SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT
1. The inability to develop a satisfying relationship. 2. A lack of social finesse and tact. 3. A breakdown in…
SOCIAL ZONE
Actually, social zone is a zone of distance between 2 people like an attorney and his client. You can compare…
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
STIMULUS EQUIVALENCE
Is the situation when there are two stimuli which both elicit the same response. Stimuli meet the mathematical definition of…
SUBLIMATION
In the psychoanalytic theory, it is a defence method which result from the unacceptable aggressive and sexual drivers but it…
SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR
Type of the reaction to certain situations/impulses that gets so embedded in individual's course of action that he repeats it…
TABOO (TABU)
A social, spiritual, moral or ethical restriction that makes a man to restraint from a particular behaviour, person or an…
SELF-CONTROL
a person's ability to control emotions and behaviour and to limit our impulses. See self- discipline; self-regulation; self-controlled. Having this…
SELF-PERCEPTION
a person's view of themselves and of any mental or physical attribute that makes up the self. Also called a…
SEQUENTIAL EFFECT
Choice-reaction tasks. It is the influence of a preceding trial on the performance of the current trail.
SITUATIONAL DETERMINANTS
These are the conditions in the environment existing before and after an organism's response and influence. It is one of…
SOCIAL DEFICIT
an inability or an unwillingness to act in accordance to age, physical condition and intelligence. It can reduce a person's…
SOCIAL MOTIVE
motive that we acquire as a result of interaction with other people. See psychological need.
SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS
These are the environmental conditions that play a part in adaptive and healthy behaviour and wellbeing or just the opposite.…