SEDATIVE, HYPNOTIC, OR ANXIOLYTIC INTOXICATION
Reversible disorder particular to the recent intake of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic drugs. It may include clinically important behavioral or…
SELECTION RATIO
Percentage of those qualified to be chosen for an objective that are actually chosen. In staff decisions, it is the…
SELECTIVE OPTIMIZATION WITH COMPENSATION
Method employed in productive aging to adjust to physical and intellectual deficits related to growing older. Entails accentuating and reinforcing…
SAFETY DEVICE
Any mental shield employed by an individual which offers a means of protection of self from external or internal threats,…
SALIVATION
Process by which saliva is excreted from the salivary glands; usually a reflex response to food or food stimuli.
SAMPLING ERROR
Degree to which a sample is not characteristic of the populace from which it was subsequently taken. Variance in the…
SATURATION SCALE
Index referencing the purity of a color in a range from standard gray to the most vivid and pure variation…
SCALE REPRODUCIBILITY
Extent to which participant's overall scores on an aggregate scale suggest they have affirmed all parts in the scale which…
SCATTERPLOT
Graph that plots along two axes at right angles to each other the relationship between two variable quantities.
SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION
Portrayal of persons, things, occasions, or methods with regard to their genuine or possible relations with one another.
SCHIZOPHRENIC THINKING
Persistent, noticeable debilitation of cognition with regard to loosening of connections and slowness of connections, demonstrating beneficial and harmful symptoms,…
SCHOOL INTEGRATION
Strategy of drawing all areas of a classroom or local community setting collectively into a comprehensive system, making use of…
SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE
Mental outlook distinguished by an impartial and unbiased method and the application of empirical approaches in the quest for understanding.
SCRAMBLE COMPETITION
Mating rivalry occurring in animal behavior patterns which takes place when females are scattered or have become synchronized in breeding…
SEARCH ASYMMETRY
In scientific studies of optical search, the condition wherein search for the existence of an aspect generates one model of…
SECOND SIGHT
The asserted, often-doubted faculty of seeing future events. See also: clairvoyance; precognition.
SECONDARY GAINS
In psychoanalysis, social, occupational, or interpersonal advantages that a patient derives from symptoms. Indirect benefit, usually obtained through an illness…