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SCIENTIFIC JURY SELECTION

Application of social science techniques in order to determine which potential jurors may be agreeably biased to one side or

SCOPO- (SCOP-)

Combining form denoting watching or observing.

SCREEN DEFENSE

Theory in psychoanalysis wherein falsified or incomplete memories or affects are employed to cover repressed but associated memories and affects.

SEARCH OF ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY (SAM)

Universal memory model employed to describe recollection and identification memory in laboratory tests. Details may inhabit short-term memory, from which

SECONDARY APPRAISAL

Within the cognitive assessment concept of feelings, evaluation of one's potential to deal with the outcomes of an encounter with

SECONDARY IDENTIFICATION

In psychoanalysis, recognition with highly regarded individuals outside of their parents.

SECONDARY TASK

Ergonomically, any job which is subordinate or incidental to the primary job where multiple tasks are required for completion.

SECULAR

Of or relating to worldly as opposed to sacred things or the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations. Characteristic

SEDATIVE-, HYPNOTIC-, OR ANXIOLYTIC-INDUCED PERSISTING AMNESTIC DISORDER

Disruption in memory as a result of the prolonged impacts of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic drugs. Capacity to be taught

SELECTIVE ACTION

Measures by which a reinforcer could possibly have a larger impact on certain reactions as compared to others, specifically, its

SELECTIVE POTENTIATION

Augmentation of sensitivity or processes of specific neural pathways.

SACCULE

Smaller of the two divisions of the membranous labyrinth, lying in the spheric recess; it is connected with the cochlear

SAFETY PSYCHOLOGY

Analysis of the human and environmental aspects associated with accidental injuries and risk avoidance. Human aspects consist of risk-free and

SALTATION

Discontinuous movement by dancing or leaping, transition, or development; advancement by leaps. Jerky dancing or leaping that sometimes occurs in

SAMPLING METHODS

Variety of factors taken into account when individuals are picked to participate in research activities. See: sampling.

SARAFEM

Trade name for oral antidepressant fluoxetine hydrochloride.

SAVANT

Person of profound or extensive learning; scholar. Intellectually disabled person who exhibits extraordinary ability in a highly specialized area, such

SCALING

Method of building a scale which can appraise an item or attribute, such as height, weight, or emotions such as

SCENT MARKING

Action taken by an animal to deposit odorants within an environment, typically from specialized scent glands where the odorant is

SCHIZO- (SCHIZ-)

Combination form, split or fissure.