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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

STADOL

Trade name for butorphanol.

STALENESS

a result of over training in sporting activities.

STANDARDIZATION

process to establish norms and uniform procedures.

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

STEREOSCOPIC ACUITY

visual acuity used in depth perception. Also called stereo-acuity.

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

STILLER'S SIGN

The tenth floating rib described by Berthold Stiller.

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