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SPORT PERSONALITY DEBATE

Sport personality debate is a debate about the role a person's personality plays in deciding to play sport. For more

SPRINT

Acronym for special psychiatric rapid intervention team.

STABILIMETER

an instrument used to measure postural stability and body sway when a person is upright, blindfolded and is asked to

STAGGERED SPONDAIC WORD TEST (SSW)

a test of auditory processing abilities using equally stressed, two syllable words in which the first syllable of one word

STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT

an error in estimating true scores from observed scores.

STANFORD V KENTUCKY

STANFORD V KENTUCKY is the case that resulted in a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that it is permissible to

STATE-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR

These are the actions that are dependent on a person's state of mind.

STATISTICAL PSYCHOLOGY

a branch of psychology that uses statistical models and methods to derive descriptions and explanations of phenomena.

STEATOPYGIA

the presence of a lot of fat in the buttocks.

STEREOBLINDNESS

a person's inability for depth perception using retinal disparity. Stereoblindness is thought to affect 5-10% of the general population. Stereoblindness

STEREOTYPED MOVEMENT

A repeated gesture or movement such as a tic, head banging or rocking.

STICK SHAKER

Ergonomics. a device that uses vibration to feedback to the operator.

STIMULUS

Any external or internal situation, event or agent that arise a response from animal or human. Stimulus can be of

STIMULUS PROPOSITION

To propose the stimulus physically to know how response time can be shortened while doing this. Read response proposition for

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

A captive's loyal response to captor. It can be mental or emotional response of the captive. The captive can come

STRAITJACKCT

Are clothing items used in mental hospitals to keep the patients from injuring themselves and to save other patients from

STREET INTELLIGENCE

Is the intelligence of children who are used to playing on streets. They can perform well in street related tasks

STRESS-INDUCED ANALGESIA

Is the minimal level of pain perceived when a person is exposed to extreme physical trauma. In this situation, person

STROKE

Is tissue damage due to the deprivation of oxygen and nutrients which may result in the disruption of flow of

STRUCTURALISM 1

course which is regarded as the first school in psychology as science, that divided it from philosophy. As founder is