SEGREGATION
Policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or…
SELECTIVE BREEDING
Process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits, or in order to produce a specific type of organism…
SELECTIVE SILENCE
In psychoanalysis, extended hush implemented by the counselor to produce anxiety which could motivate the patient to talk, consequently starting…
SADISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
Personality disorder which is marked by a pervasive pattern of cruel, demeaning, and aggressive behavior. Satisfaction is gained in intimidating,…
SALICYLATES
Class of medications based on salicin (obtained from the bark of the willow tree) or its compounds; employed as analgesics,…
SAMPLING VARIABILITY
Degree to which the importance of a statistic varies across a variety of samples from the median importance for any…
SCAFFOLDING
Epistemological method of embodied cognition , wherein the environment that an agent functions within is observed as a sine qua…
SCAPEGOAT THEORY
Social psychological term that relates to prejudice. According to this theory, people may be prejudice toward a group in order…
SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA (SADS)
A semi-structured interview administered by a professional and designed to yield diagnostic information about current and lifetime incidences of affective…
SCHIZOID-MANIC STATE
Psychotic condition which has features of both manic and schizophrenic excitement. Also known as: schizomania.
SCHIZOTYPY
Form of character organization identified by milder types of beneficial symptoms of schizophrenia as well as harmful symptoms like anhedonia.…
SCREENING AUDIOMETRY
Rapid measurement of the hearing of an individual or a group against a predetermined limit of normality.
SEASONAL VARIATION
Often attributed to photoperiodism, changes which occur in behavioral, psychological, and physiological patterns as seasons vary or in reaction to…
SECONDARY CONTROL
Behavior pattern which does not directly control the environment, but is intended to alter oneself to be more compatible with…