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…
SUPERWOMAN SYNDROME
a term used for women who try to perform all of the roles of wage earner, home maker, mother and…
SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS (SCN)
a small region of the hypothalamus where circadian rhythms are controlled. See biological clock. Direct input from retina is received…
SUSPICIOUSNESS
this is an attitude of mistrust toward other people sincerity. It serves a purpose of self-preservation and survival. To have…
SYMBIOTIC MARRIAGE
Type of marriage or relationship where two partners are co-dependent on each other for the satisfaction of particular personal (emotional)…
SYMBOLIC REALIZATION
The process of realisation of strong wish or need by the use of something alternate which stands for the primary…
SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS
The drugs which directly affects on the activity of sympathetic nervous system are known as sympathomimetic drugs. At adrenoreceptors, these…
SYNCRETISM
It is a process of using one or two system theories or the concepts into the new concept, theory or…