SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY
the reappearance of a conditioned response after an operant has been taken away. See extinction. What Is Spontaneous Recovery In…
SPORT-RELATED LIFE SKILLS
These are skills learnt for sport related purposes that can be applied to other situations.
S-R PSYCHOLOGY
the approach to psychology that conceptualizes behaviour in terms of stimulus and response. The fundamental goal is describing functional relationships…
STAPES STAPCDESI
stirrup shaped ossicle that is the innermost bone of the middle ear. It is also called a stirrup.
STATE-TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY (STAI)
a self-report assessment device that includes separate measures of state anxiety and trait anxiety. The state anxiety items measure the…
STATUS DIFFERENTIATION
Status differentiation is the gradual rise to positions of greater authority by some people within a group, accompanied by decreases…
STEM-COMPLETION TASK
Stem completion task is word completing task where a person is asked to finish the word from the first few…
STERNBERG TRIARCHIC ABILITIES TEST (STAT)
This test is used for research purposes. It is a group test and is available in MCQ, essay and figural…
STIMULUS EQUIVALENCE
Is the situation when there are two stimuli which both elicit the same response. Stimuli meet the mathematical definition of…
STIMULUS SUBSTITUTION
Is when one stimulus takes the place of another stimulus and response is similar in both. In Pavlov
STORAGE CAPACITY
the amount of information a memory can retain. Short term memory has a limited capacity and long term memory has…
STRATEGIC HUMAN-RESOURCC MANAGEMENT (SHRM)
the planned and systematic efforts to help organisations improve their competitive performance and achieve their goals by effectively utilising human…
STRESS IMMUNITY 1
To bear the stress with one's high capability is referred as stress immunity 1.
STRETCH REFLEX
is a muscular contraction in response to some muscular stretch in the same muscle. Read also about extensor's thrust.
STROOP EFFECT
Is used to ascertain the time limit that is taken to tell the colour of ink which represents the name…