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SOCIAL PUNISHMENT

any negative stimulus like shunning, emotional withdrawal or sign of disapproval. Compare social reinforcement.

SOCIAL SCALE

a system of assigning a person to a class or category based on occupation, wealth, lifestyle or education.

SOCIAL SUBORDINATION

the relegation of a person or group to a low status position.

SOCIALITY COROLLARY

It is a concept that proposes a person's ability to communicate and interact with another person is due to the

SOCIOCENTRISM

1. A need to put the needs and concerns of a social group or unit ahead of your own. 2.

SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS

These are social conditions that our behaviour such as level of education, customs and morals.

SOCIOTROPY

a person's tendency to place an inordinate value on relationships over personal independence that will leave them vulnerable to depression

SOLIPSISM

a philosophical position that we can be assured of nothing that is outside our self. It is psychologically unacceptable and

SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

The part of our nervous system that is the sensory and motor neurons that innervate the sense organs and skeletal

SOMBER-BRIGHT DIMENSION

a classification of artistic styles based on their emotional effects.

SOPHISTRY

argumentation that is designed to persuade other people that another position is correct. It is done by carefully using language

SOUND PRESSURE

the force that is exerted by a sound wave. The unit of measurement is a Pascal. It is also called

SOURCE TRAITS

the factorial theory of personality and is 12 personality traits that underlie and determine the surface traits. See ability trait;

SPATIAL ATTENTION

how we take in the entire scene and not just a portion of it.

SPECIAL CARE UNIT (SCU)

the unit in a health care facility that provides specialised care for people with severe problems like dementia, spinal cord

SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

These are the disorders where a certain ability or function fails to develop at an early age. In DSM- IV-TR,

SPECT

Acronym for single photo emission computer tomography.

SPEECH ACT

considering that speech is an action with intent and an effect on the listener.

SPEECH PRODUCTION

we make sounds that we use for speech.

SPERM ANALYSIS

the evaluation of the sperm to determine male fertility and morphology.