STRUCTURAL THERAPY
1. See structural family therapy; 2. Therapy designed for autistic children which provide structured physical and verbal stimuli through game.…
STRUCTURING
the process done by a therapist or counsellor at the first stage of treatment session. This enlists the intended consequences…
SUBCEPTION
a prompt response to any stimulus that is not clear enough to be comprehended. Its effects are seen or observed…
SUBLIMINAL PERSUASION
It is a method to present the information in a certain way that you can help the people to change…
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)
USA governmental agency in charge of providing prevention, therapy and rehabilitation which should minimize sickness, fatal consequences, and costs for…
SUBSTITUTES FOR LEADERSHIP THEORY
approach which states that leader is not important for the efficient group action in certain working situation. Read also situational…
SUCCESSIVE DISCRIMINATION
Used in conditioning behaviour this is a discrimination between stimuli presented one after the other.
SUGGESTION
Procedure of provoking agreement of particular aim or activity by providing indirect clues. It is often verbal, but it can…
SUM OF CROSS PRODUCTS
Statistic amount got from two groups of variables, named A and V, through summing formula X(.V,-.V)(>',-?), where X stands for…
SUPERNATURAL
Something that does not seem to transcend the laws of physical universe. Something out of this physical world. Something that…
SUPINATION
1. Action of arm motion to turn the palms upward; 2. Condition where sole of the foot is turned inward…
SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS (SCN)
a small region of the hypothalamus where circadian rhythms are controlled. See biological clock. Direct input from retina is received…
SUSPICIOUSNESS
this is an attitude of mistrust toward other people sincerity. It serves a purpose of self-preservation and survival. To have…
SYMBIOTIC MARRIAGE
Type of marriage or relationship where two partners are co-dependent on each other for the satisfaction of particular personal (emotional)…
SYMBOLIC REALIZATION
The process of realisation of strong wish or need by the use of something alternate which stands for the primary…
SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS
The drugs which directly affects on the activity of sympathetic nervous system are known as sympathomimetic drugs. At adrenoreceptors, these…