SECOND CHILDHOOD 1
Layman's terminology which is used to refer to the inclination of regression in the elderly to a childish mindset. Playfulness…
SECONDARY ENVIRONMENT
Surrounding which is supplementary or slightly significant in a person's existence and in which interpersonal interactions are relatively short and…
SECONDARY SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
Any kind of disruption in sexual function (see: sexual dysfunction) which is not long term or that takes place only…
SEDATIVE, HYPNOTIC, OR ANXIOLYTIC DEPENDENCE
In DSM-IV-TR, array of mental, behavioral, and physiological signs or symptoms suggesting continual consumption of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic drugs…
SELECTION PRESSURE
Way of measuring the degree with which natural selection prefers the existence of certain genotypes over certain others, which therefore…
SELECTIVE MUTISM
In DSM-IV-TR, an uncommon condition, generally, although not specifically, present in small children, distinguished by a chronic failure to talk…
SELF-ABASEMENT
Degradation or humiliation of oneself, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority. Acute subjugation of oneself to the will…
SAFETY BEHAVIOR
Behavior patterns carried out by a stressed person in order to reduce or avert a dreaded disaster. For instance, an…
SALIVARY REFLEX
Increase or decrease of the production of saliva from the salivary glands; may be a conditioned or unconditioned response to…
SANGUINE TYPE
Proposed by Roman physician Galen (129-215), one of the four types of constitution and temperament. Galen espoused the belief that…
SATURATION
Vividness of a color's hue; measures the degree to which a color differs from a gray of the same darkness…
SCALE OF PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS (SOPS)
Evaluation instrument in psychology, constructed to identify and analyze the initial stages of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Contains diagnosis…
SCATTERING
Form of cogitation identified by tangential or extraneous connections which may be indicated in inscrutable speech patterns . It is…
SCHEMATIC IMAGE
Mental image or depiction of a physical object made up of that object's most noticeable attributes. Once created, the is…
SCHIZOPHRENIC REACTION
Diagnosis for schizophrenic symptoms as described by Swiss-born psychiatrist Adolf Meyer (1866-1950). See also: reaction type.
SCHOOL GRADE
Representative mark provided for assessment of achievement within the classroom, usually a letter or number. Collection of pupils who are…