SELF-DISCOVERY
a process of looking for your own identity. To discover what a one individual has in his personality and what…
SELF-REINFORCEMENT
Rewarding ourselves for appropriate behaviour or attaining a goal. also called self-managed reinforcement.
SHALLOW AFFECT
impairment in ability to react emotionally, even in times of intense feeling. See flat affect.
SOCIAL DISAPPROVAL
the rejection and condemnation of a person for an action or behaviour the group sees as wrong. Compare social approval.
STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING
Is a type of sampling conducted randomly within different strata of the population; the sample obtained is known as stratified…
SUBSTITUTION
Substitution of inappropriate feelings or impossible aims with more appropriate and achievable. Substitution can be both positive or negative answer.…
SELF-EFFICACY
a capacity to bring about a desired result. To bring desired results by performing in an efficient way is known…
SELF-REPORT
the answer to a series of questions about our feelings, beliefs and attitudes etc. Self-report relies on us to be…
SNOWBALL SAMPLING
A recruitment method for new participants. The current participants are asked to recommend new people for the study.
SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION
the differential treatment of a person based on their social class, cultural background, education, etc. See discrimination.
SOCIAL PENETRATION THEORY
a model that shows a close relationship will get closer as both people disclose more and more intimate things about…