SEGUIN, EDOUARD (1812-1880)
A psychologist as well as physician, Seguin was a pupil of the Parisian doctor Jean Itard, who became famous for…
SELF-CONCEPT TESTS
Personality tests designed to determine how the individual views himself—that is, the pattern of attitudes he entertains or assumes concerning…
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…
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…
SADOMASOCHISTIC PERSONALITY
In therapeutic terms, an individual who both enjoys being aggressive, and being the object of aggression.
SALIENCE HYPOTHESIS
The standard principle of perceptual experience dependent upon which particularly salient stimuli (items, individuals, meanings, and so forth) should be…
SAMPLE OVERLAP
Occurrence wherein values are observed in two or more samples within a population.
SCALA VESTIBULI
Perilymph-filled cavity within the cochlea which conducts sound vibrations to the scala media, and is separated from it by Reissner's…
SCATOLOGIA
Deviant sexual practice in which sexual pleasure is obtained through the compulsive use of obscene language. Commonly satisfied through obscene…
SCHEDULED DRUGS
Any substance subject to U.S. Controlled Substances Act (1970), which regulates prescribing and dispensing, as well as manufacturing, storage, sale,…
SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENT OUTCOMES RESEARCH TEAM (PORT)
Group of research workers set up in 1992 by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, along with the…
SCHOLASTICISM
Less a philosophy or even a theology than an approach of education, scholasticism put a clear emphasis on dialectical thinking…
SCIATIC NERVE
A substantial nerve begins in the lower portion of the spine and passes through the pelvis on its path to…
SEATTLE LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Extensive continuing analysis of adult intellect and intellectual operation using the Primary Mental Abilities evaluation (see: primary abilities) and employing…