SHEEP-GOAT EFFECT
an effect seen in parapsychology experiments where the sheep, people who believe in it, and the goats, those who don't,…
SIGNAL ANXIETY
Psychoanalytic theory. The anxiety arising from a response to internal conflict or an impulse and acts a sign of impending…
SILVER-RUSSELL SYNDROME
congenital disorder that features short stature, hypertrophy on one side of the body and raised gonadotropin hormones without sexual maturity.…
SIMPLE SCHIZOPHRENIA
one of 4 types of schizophrenia and features a slow withdrawal from social contact, los of initiative and emotional apathy.…
SINGLE BLIND
an experiment procedure where the people involved don't know of the treatment, manipulation or type drug administered. Compare double blind;…
SISSY BEHAVIOR
a slang term for effeminate behaviour in a boy. See role confusion; tomboyism.
SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY
a leadership theory that says the leaders should use different amounts of supportive and directive leadership that is dependent on…
SIZE-DISTANCE PARADOX
the illusion of an objects size dependent on the distance from the viewer. Moon illusion is also example of size…
SKIN CONDUCTANCE
a measure of the conductance charge of our skin to the passing through of a small electric current. Have a…
SLEEP EFFICIENCY
a ratio of time in bed versus time asleep and it can be affected by medication, depression and anxiety. It…
SLEEPING SICKNESS
an infection in tropical Africa that is caused by a parasite that is transmitted by tsetse flies. The initial symptoms…
SOCIAL AGE (SA)
an estimate of a person's capabilities in social situations that are relative to normal standards. In clinical situations with young…
SOCIAL CLIMBING
the attempt by a person to improve their social standing by associating with a higher class of people.
SOCIAL DEGENERACY
a condition of society where the usual social structures are no longer adhered to.
SOCIAL DYNAMICS
1. The approach to sociology focusing on the empirical studies of societies and social systems in the processes of change…
SOCIAL INCENTIVE
an inducement to behave in an approved way that involves offering interpersonal rewards like acceptance, inclusion, approval that quality of…