SPINAL CORD INJURY
This refers to any damage to the spinal cord caused by sudden or progressive external force. Read also incomplete spinal…
SPIRITUAL FACTOR
Any religious, moral or mystical belief that can influence behaviour emotions and thoughts.
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
SPORTSMANSHIP
a concern for the rules and acting in a positive way to promote sport. The nature depends on the kind…
S-S LEARNING MODEL
a stimulus-stimulus learning model that uses cognitive skills to form associations between stimuli. roi- man
STAGE 2 SLEEP
a stage of sleep with regular bursts of 14 to 18 Hz waves. Read the sleep stages also.
STANCE REFLEX
reflex response of any of the muscles we use to maintain a standing posture. It can be define as any…
STANDARDIZED MEASURING DEVICE
a test given to a sample of a population that will provide the norms for further tests.
STATUS RELATIONS
Status relations are the patterns of relative prestige, honour and respect that determine deference and authority within a group or…
STEREOTAXY
a means of deterring the exact location of an area of the body by using a 3D measurement. Stereotaxy is…
STEVENS LAW
psychological relationship where the magnitude of sensation is in proportion to the power producing it. Have a look on Fechner
STIMULANTS
Stimulants are agents which results in functional activity either in human or animals. Stimulants are generally categorized according to the…
STIMULUS FUNCTION
Stimulus function is to evoke the response in an organism is the function of stimulus. In operant conditioning, a stimulus…
STIMULUS-INTENSITY DYNAMISM
a concept that says the greater the strength of a stimulus, the greater the response strength will be.
STORYTELLING
Is the telling of all factors, events and conditions that brought a patient to seek treatment. 2. the use of…