SOCIAL CONTROL
1. The power of organisations, institutions and the laws of society to influence and regulate behaviour. 2. The impact of…
SOCIAL LOAFING
where a person reduces their effort when working in a social situation. Compare social facilitation. See social interference.
SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL
the retreat from society and interpersonal relationships that can be accompanied by in difference and aloofment. It can be associated…
STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION
being able to distinguish between different stimuli. See discrimination.
SUBJECTIVITY
It is the ability of interpreting the data or to make judgment by using the experience, beliefs and feeling. It…
SUPERORDINATE GOAL
1. It is a goal that is of higher importance then some other, less important one; 2. It is a…
SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION
getting data in well ordered manner that will give reliable information about something.
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 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…