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SUSPENSE

a state of anxious expectancy.

SYMBIOSIS

1. In animal world, connection between organisms that share close bond that is beneficial for both of them; 2. Developmental

SYMBOLIC PROCESS

process of thinking where certain ideas, pictures or other mental statement acts as intermediary of thought. This term is commonly

SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

It is one of the two divisions found in the autonomic nervous system while the other will be known as

SYMPTOM-CONTEXT METHOD

It is a system of getting the data about the symptoms, which take place in vivo, and in the psychotherapy

SYNCRETIC THOUGHT

the first and also the pre-logical stage of thinking where a child begins to think. a period which is characterized

SYNTAX

It is a group of the rules that are used to describe how the phrases and the words should be

SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION

It is a form of the behaviour therapy and it reduces the anxiety that it is associated with a certain

SEMANTICS

1. Linguistics. The study of the meaning of language as opposed to the formal relationships, grammar and sound, phonics. You

SEXUAL AROUSAL

a state of arousal caused by sexual contact or stimulation where impulses are sent through the central nervous system to

SEXUAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

a sexual problem that does not fit into any one category for dysfunction or paraphilia. This disorder is a sexual

SEXUAL LIBERATION

1. Being free from sexual constraints and inhibitions that are restrictive. 2. The processes and social trends toward an increase

SEXUAL SYNERGISM

the arousal resulting from a combination of stimuli at the same time.

SHALLOW AFFECT

impairment in ability to react emotionally, even in times of intense feeling. See flat affect.

SHARED PARANOID DISORDER

A disorder with an illusion of being persecuted that has developed from living with a person who has these beliefs.

SHOCK THERAPY

treating severe mental disorders by using drugs and an electric current to give a shock to the nervous system. Read

SIBILANT

a speech sound when we say 's', 'z' or 'sh'.

SIGN TEST

Non-parametric testing of a hypothesis about the median of distribution.

SILOK

a culture bound syndrome seen in the Philippines with symptoms similar to latah.

SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING

A sampling plan where the participants are chosen by a random procedure.