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SECOND SIGHT

The asserted, often-doubted faculty of seeing future events. See also: clairvoyance; precognition.

SECONDARY GAINS

In psychoanalysis, social, occupational, or interpersonal advantages that a patient derives from symptoms. Indirect benefit, usually obtained through an illness

SECONDARY STUTTERING

Established stuttering behavior wherein the dysfluencies are accompanied by awareness, anticipation, and resultant anxiety. Tics in the face, hands, head,

SECTIONING

Academic procedure of presenting the same class, generally taught by the same instructor, repeatedly throughout the day. This allows a

SEDATIVE, HYPNOTIC, OR ANXIOLYTIC WITHDRAWAL

In DSM-IV-TR, typical withdrawal syndrome, possibly critical, that occurs after termination of (or decrease in) extended, excessive ingestion of sedative,

SELECTION RESEARCH

Utilization of empirical analysis to ascertain the dependability, credibility, usability, and fairness of methods employed in staff choice as well

SELECTIVE PERCEPTION

Method wherein individuals select from the endless variety of stimuli provided to the sensory faculties at any one point in

SACCADIC SPEED

Rate of motion inherent in a saccade. Humans have been known to achieve rates of motion at up to 700

SAFETY ENGINEERING

Approach to engineering and structure design which seeks to reduce or eliminate hazards within work systems and processes. See also:

SALPETRIERE

Institute for females established in Paris in 1656 as an psychiatric hospital for the infirm, elderly, and deranged individuals. In

SAMPLING FRACTION

Percentage of a populace which is used in a sample : the ratio of a sample size in proportion to

SANSERT

Trade name of the vasoconstrictor methysergide maleate.

SATYRIASIS

Extreme and unquenchable desire to achieve sexual gratification in a male. Generally presenting as an inability to be satisfied by

SCALE VALUE

Numerical value which characterizes the importance of a factor on a scale.

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

Important in fields as far ranging as politics and accident prevention, a practice wherein supervisors conceptualize an array of possible,

SCHEME

Intellectual structure which may develop at virtually any period of life, starting when babies and youngsters figure out how to

SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER

Mental disorder with the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia but of less than six months' duration, according to DSM-IV-TR. Impairment

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY

Discipline that employs concepts of clinical psychology and academic psychology to the analysis and therapy for childrens' and adolescents' behavioral

SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION

Reckoning of an event with regards to a recognized group of scientific concepts, details, and assumptions. Standard types of explanation

SCOLIOSIS

Side-to-side curving of the spine, usually combined with a rotation of the vertebrae.