SOCIAL REPRESSION
Social repression is the act of controlling, subduing or suppressing people, groups and larger social aggregations by interpersonal means. Techniques…
SOCIAL STATICS
1. An approach to sociology focusing on the distinctive nature of human societies and social systems in abstract rather than…
SOCIAL ZONE
Actually, social zone is a zone of distance between 2 people like an attorney and his client. You can compare…
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.…
SPECIATION
the formation of a new species where a population splits in 2 that are isolated from each other.
SPECIFICITY
1. the quality of being unique from everything else. 2. A probability that a person will test negative for a…
SPECTROSCOPY
the study of electromagnetic radiation as it interacts with matter. It is used in chemical analysis and to explain molecular…
SPEECH FUNCTIONS
These are the reasons for speech such as communication and to maintain social relationships. See speech act.
SPEECH-TOLERANCE LEVEL
the sound level of speech that is too loud and uncomfortable to listen hear.