SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM
Social constructionism is associated with post-modernism when any knowledge of reality is in fact a construct of culture, language and…
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
the gradual gaining of skills, relationships and attitudes that enables a person to interact in society.
SOCIAL FACTORS
These are the factors that affect our thought and behaviour in social situations. This includes feedback, splitting into smaller groups…
SOCIAL INSTINCT
1. Desire for contact and a feeling of belonging in a social setting. 2. Psychology of Alfred Adler. The innate…
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP
The sum of the social interactions between people over time. This can be a positive or a negative relationship. Momentary…
SOCIAL SPEECH
when we use speech as way to communicate an idea to others. See socialised speech; egocentric speech.
SOCIAL WORKER
a person who is trained to deal with helping people and families. They have a degree and spend a lot…
SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
The international and interdisciplinary organisation that studies psychotherapy and all of its forms.
SOCIONOMICS
the study of influences on a group that are not social but are from the environment and external sources. This…
SOMATIC ANXIETY
the level of reaction from our sympathetic nervous system we experience in a situation.
SOMATOPSYCHOSIS
1. The psychosis marked by delusions about a body part or a person's body. 2. Psychosis due to a physical…
SORT-RECALL TASK
used in memory research where items are sorted into groups and then are recalled.
SOURCE CREDIBILITY
the extent of a message being accurate and is determined by source expertise and trustworthiness. Its other name is source…
SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA
a rare disorder of a person's voice with periods of vocal spasms, tight throat, and recurrent hoarseness. There is no…
SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
Spatial relationships are the 3D relationships of objects in space, like relative position and distance apart. Also called spatial relations.…