SPINAL REFLEX
This refers to a reflex that involves neural circuits in the spinal cord, often controlling posture or locomotion that is…
SPLANCHNIC
a term for abdominal organs or viscera. For example; normosim anc.iinic type, microTYPE, MACROSP1.ANCIIN1C TYPE).
SPONTANEOUS ALTERNATION
an instinctive and successive alternation of responses between alternatives in a situation involving discrete choices. In a learning and memory…
SPREE MURDER
Killing people at more than one; location within a short time span of each other.
STAGES OF DYING
These are the events that happen during the process of dying. Buddhists recognise 8 stages but in Western society we…
STANDARD ERROR OF ESTIMATE
a measure of the degree that a regression line fits a set of data.
STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE MODERN INTELLIGENCE TEST)
used to assess the intelligence of Trench children. The present Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SB5), developed by U.S. psychologist Gale H.…
STATE V MACK
a court ruling that memories recovered under hypnosis are not admissible as evidence. This has been known as the per…
STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC)
Organisational and industry theory. A method used to monitor, evaluate and improve performance of products, employees and systems.
STEPWISE REGRESSION
a group of regression techniques that enter predictor variables into, or deletes them from, the regression equation one variable at…
STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR 1
behaviour that is inflexible and will follow a pattern and won't change.
STIMULATOR
Any device which can be used to stimulate a receptor is called stimulator. An early kind of an induction coil…
STIMULUS OVERLOAD
Is where there are more than two stimuli present in the environment. These stimuli can be processed simply resulting in…
STOCHASTIC MODEL
Is used for the analysis of wrong diagnosis and also for simulating conditions. It is based on correlational analysis when…