STIMULATION EFFECTS
The effect which results in physiological changes and happens when any stimulus changes the membrane potential of muscle cell, consequently…
STIMULUS ONSET ASYNCHRONY (SOA)
the time it takes for one stimulus to end and another to start. Compare interstimulus interval.
STOCHASTIC INDEPENDENCE
the condition in which two systems or processes are statistically unrelated, so that one is in no way contingent upon…
STRESS TRAINING
Is training designed to make people learn the strategies to cope with the stressful conditions. Examples are escape training and…
STROBOSCOPE
The device which present the still images very rapidly as these are seen as moving. When still images are presented…
STRUCTURAL THERAPY
1. See structural family therapy; 2. Therapy designed for autistic children which provide structured physical and verbal stimuli through game.…
STRUCTURING
the process done by a therapist or counsellor at the first stage of treatment session. This enlists the intended consequences…
SUBCEPTION
a prompt response to any stimulus that is not clear enough to be comprehended. Its effects are seen or observed…
SUBLIMINAL PERSUASION
It is a method to present the information in a certain way that you can help the people to change…
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)
USA governmental agency in charge of providing prevention, therapy and rehabilitation which should minimize sickness, fatal consequences, and costs for…
SUBSTITUTES FOR LEADERSHIP THEORY
approach which states that leader is not important for the efficient group action in certain working situation. Read also situational…
SUCCESSIVE DISCRIMINATION
Used in conditioning behaviour this is a discrimination between stimuli presented one after the other.
SUGGESTIBILITY
1. Emotional characteristic where ideas or attitudes of other person is accepted without criticism; 2. term sometimes used for hypnotic…
SULLIVAN'S INTERPERSONAL THEORY
psychological theory developed by Harry Stack Sullivan, which stated that person's character is shaped through interpersonal contacts, i.e. Contacts with…
SUPERCONSCIOUS
1. New Age definition for the outer personal apprehension; 2. In Eastern religions this is condition in which persons acquire…