SENILE PSYCHOSIS (PRESBYOPHRENIC TYPE)
A senile reaction occurring primarily in women, and characterized by memory impairment, a jovial mood, and confabulation.Presbyophrenic patients are active,…
SENILE PSYCHOSIS (SIMPLE DETERIORATION TYPE)
This is the most common form of senile psychosis, comprising about 50 per cent of the entire group. The symptoms…
SCHILDER, PAUL FERDINAND (1886-1940)
Schilder, noted chiefly for his studies of schizophrenia and the body image, was bom in Vienna and received his medical…
SALESMANSHIP
Salesmanship is viewed as a form of advertising, since its object is to show that a particular product or service…
SATYRIASIS (Satyrism)
A sexual deviation in males consisting of an excessive or insatiable desire for gratification.The terms “excessive” and “insatiable” are difficult…
SACCADIC SPEED
Rate of motion inherent in a saccade. Humans have been known to achieve rates of motion at up to 700
SAFETY ENGINEERING
Approach to engineering and structure design which seeks to reduce or eliminate hazards within work systems and processes. See also:…
SALPETRIERE
Institute for females established in Paris in 1656 as an psychiatric hospital for the infirm, elderly, and deranged individuals. In…
SAMPLING FRACTION
Percentage of a populace which is used in a sample : the ratio of a sample size in proportion to…
SATYRIASIS
Extreme and unquenchable desire to achieve sexual gratification in a male. Generally presenting as an inability to be satisfied by…
SCENARIO ANALYSIS
Important in fields as far ranging as politics and accident prevention, a practice wherein supervisors conceptualize an array of possible,…
SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER
Mental disorder with the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia but of less than six months' duration, according to DSM-IV-TR. Impairment…
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
Discipline that employs concepts of clinical psychology and academic psychology to the analysis and therapy for childrens' and adolescents' behavioral…
SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
Reckoning of an event with regards to a recognized group of scientific concepts, details, and assumptions. Standard types of explanation…
SCREE PLOT
Plot, in descending order of magnitude, of the eigenvalues of a correlation matrix. In the context of factor analysis or…
SEARCH IMAGE
Apparatus to describe the perseverance of predators in searching for one or a handful of varieties of prey even with…