SALICYLISM
Salicylate overdose, most commonly introduced by an attempt at poisoning or by ingesting too much aspirin. Symptoms may include stomach…
SAMPLING WITH REPLACEMENT
Sampling method wherein a chosen sample is put back into the data pool, where it may be subsequently redrawn for…
SATIETY MECHANISM
Processes or systems within the body which are responsible for the regulation of food or fluid consumption. See also: appetitive…
SCALA MEDIA
Also referred to as the cochlear duct, one of three canals present in the cochlea and traversing its length within…
SCAPEGOATING
Practice wherein an undeserving party is singled out for unmerited negative treatment, generally by someone or something more powerful than…
SCHEDULE OF REINFORCEMENT
Any type of guideline used in conditioning which outlines which responses will be reinforced. Also known as: reinforcement schedule. See…
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Psychotic disorder (or a group of disorders) marked by severely impaired thinking, emotions, and behaviors. Patients are typically unable to…
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT TEST
Any examination which assesses a pupil's comprehension and aptitude within core subjects of education, such as history, science, mathematics, or…
SCHWANN CELL
Any of the cells of the peripheral nervous system which wraps around a nerve fiber and covers the axons to…
SCIENTIST-PRACTITIONER MODEL
Principle for the graduate instruction of doctoral clinical (or various other applied) psychology professionals in the US, which is designed…
SCREENING TEST
Assessment process intended to distinguish individuals or items in accordance with a set attribute or feature. Generally employed to differentiate…
SEASONALITY EFFECT
Idea that people with schizophrenia are quite likely to have been born in the course of the interval from January…
SECONDARY COPING
Refers to the process by which people adjust some aspect of the self and accept circumstances as they are. Also…
SECONDARY PREVENTION
Level of preventive medicine that focuses on early diagnosis, use of referral services, and rapid initiation of treatment to stop…
SECOND-ORDER FACTOR
An aspect that results from the factorization of oblique aspects by correlation to the resulting aspects independently. Compare with: first-order…
SECURITY OPERATIONS
As proposed by US psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), various interpersonal protective procedures, including arrogance, boredom, or irritability, which are…
SEISMIC COMMUNICATION
Employing ground or substrate in communication between individuals in certain animal species, usually achieved by thumping or stomping the ground.