SOCIAL ANIMAL
a concept applied to humans and animals where some need more social contact than others. Also called social being. You…
SOCIAL COGNITION
the cognition we use to think about, perceive, categorise and interpret social behaviour of others and themselves. Social cognition involves…
SOCIAL DESIRABILITY
1. The extent that a person is considered to be a valuable member of a social group. 2. The bias…
SOCIAL EVOLUTION
the gradual change in a society that is seen over a period of time. in contrast with sudden and dramatic…
SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING
a type of human information processing where the social information is encoded and compared with pertinent information that is used…
SOCIAL LIMITATION
restriction attributed to social policy or barriers that will limit a person's fulfilment of roles or deny people access to…
SOCIAL REFORM PROGRAM
a program of intervention that is developed to counter the deleterious aspects of a social system.
SOCIAL TRAP
a social dilemma where a person maximises their goals over the goal of the community or society as a whole.…
SOCIAL-NETWORK THERAPY
Psychotherapy. a group of people who maintain contact and have significant relationships in different aspects of life.
SOCIODRAMA
a technique that is sued that includes role play for enhancing human relations see psychodrama.
SOCIOMETRIC DIFFERENTIATION
the development of stronger and more positive ties between members of a group that sees a decrease in relationships between…
SODIUM REGULATION
Sodium regulation is the maintaining of the sodium ion concentration in blood plasma between the normal limits. Loss of the…
SOMATOGNOSIA
the awareness we have of the parts of our body. The opposite, the denial of our body parts is called…
SOMNAMBULISTIC STATE
where a person will, walk, talk or do complex actions while asleep. If we see it historically, it refers to…
S-O-R PSYCHOLOGY
S-O-R psychology is the abbreviation for stimulus-organism-response psychology. It deals with how an organism will respond to a stimulus. The…