SIGN LANGUAGE
a form of communication used by deaf people to communicate by using their hands for gestures. For more understanding, have…
SIGNIFICANT OTHER
1. Your spouse or other person you have a committed relationship with. 2. A person with a profound influence on…
SIMPLE EYE
an eye found in vertebrates that has one focusing element that could be a pinhole on the eye's surface, a…
SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST
An enhanced perception of difference between 2 stimuli when they are presented close to each other. See colour contrast; contrast…
SITUATIONAL CONDITIONS
Educational psychology. all of the variables in a classroom that influences learning. Situational conditions may be time factors, methods of…
SIXTH SENSE
1. The intuition or instinct that a person uses to correct judgements. 2. Parapsychology. The ability for ESP. It relates…
SLEEP CYCLE
The cyclical pattern of sleep stages where a time of slow wave sleep if followed by REM sleep.
SLEEP SPINDLES
These are spindle shaped traces on an EEC during sleep stage 2 that are short bursts of 15Hz waves that…
SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME
an autosomal recessive disorder feature microcephaly, broad and short nose, fused or extra digits and mental retardation. Males have genital…
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
1. The acceptance of a person into a group. 2. The absence of social disapproval.
SOCIAL BREAKDOWN SYNDROME
a pattern sees in people who have been institutionalised by mental illness or in prisons. They can withdraw, show apathy,…
SOCIAL CONTROL
1. The power of organisations, institutions and the laws of society to influence and regulate behaviour. 2. The impact of…
SOCIAL DISTANCE
Social distance is actually the degree that a person wants to remain apart from other members of different social groups.…
SOCIAL HERITAGE
These are culturally learned social behaviours that are constant through each generation. See cultural heritage; social transmission.
SOCIAL INTERVENTION
These are social action programs that are designed to increase social goods and services.
SOCIAL MOTIVE
motive that we acquire as a result of interaction with other people. See psychological need.
SOCIAL PRESSURE
the influence that is exerted on a person or group by another person or group. It includes rational argument, persuasion,…