SIMULTANEOUS DISCRIMINATION
Used in conditioning. Being able to discriminate between 2 simultaneous stimuli.
SITUATIONAL DETERMINANTS
These are the conditions in the environment existing before and after an organism's response and influence. It is one of…
SIZE CONSTANCY
an awareness we have that an object doesn't change size as we move further away or closer to it. See…
SKILL LEARNING
the learning of a task to give accuracy, speed and performance after a high degree of practice. Skills may be…
SLEEP DEPRIVATION
the deliberate stopping of sleep often for experiments but also used to punish prisoners to get a confession. One day…
SLEEP STAGES
4 cycle progression of electrical activity that is recorded by an EEC. Stage 1 is marked by drowsiness; stage 2…
SLOW-RELEASE PREPARATION
a drug that is designed to release into your system over a period of time. It can be a patch…
SOCIAL ACTION
1. Group activities that are aimed at social benefits for the community. See social action group. 2. Sociology. Human activity…
SOCIAL CATEGORY
a group of people defined by class, or a common element such as un employed, retired, etc.
SOCIAL CONVENTIONS
These are the established rules, procedures and methods that are accepted as a guide for social conduct see social norms.…
SOCIAL DISTANCE SCALE
a measure of how close a person is willing to be to another person of different race, colour or social…
SOCIAL MOVEMENT
the deliberate and organised effort of people and groups to seek change or to resist change. This emerges and operates…
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Social psychology is the study of how a person's thoughts, feelings and actions are affected by the presence of other…
SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION
Social role valorisation is a principle that is developed in succession to the normalisation principle that stresses the importance of…
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
These are the complex combination of processes, forms and systems that help to organise and regulate a group. It is…
SOCIAL-INQUIRY MODEL
model for teaching emphasising the role of social interaction. It resolves social issues by legal reasoning and academic inquiry.