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SEXUAL ATTITUDE REASSESSMENT WORKSHOP (SAR WORKSHOP)

Sexual attitude reassessment is a group experience in sex education about same sex issues, sex as we age and sexual

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

This category is for dysfunctions that don't fit any other category.

SEXUAL MASOCHISM

a paraphilia where interest and arousal in sex is by humiliation, beatings, tying up and other masochistic behaviour. In sexual

SEXUAL TRAUMA

It is a disturbing experiences relating to sex, such as rape and other sex offences. It is just like a

SHAM DISORDER

the name of a fictitious disorder.

SHARPENING

a phenomenon where some memory details become more defined and sharper than the original experience seemed.

SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)

Short portable mental status questionnaire is a short questionnaire that is used to screen older adults for dementia signs and

SIBLING

Children who are born to the same parents.

SIGNAL

1. Presenting information that will evoke a response. 2. A stimulus. 3. An intelligible sign from one person to another

SILVER-CORD SYNDROME

a child parent relationship where the father is passive or absent and the mother is a domineering person. Read about

SIMPLE REACTION TIME (SRT)

the tame taken for a person to react to a stimulus. Compare choice reaction time; complex reaction time. Have a

SINEMET

the trade name for a drug with levodopa and carbidopa to treat Parkinson's disease. the trade title for a drug

SINISTRO- (SINISTR-)

The combining form of on or toward the left.

SITUATIONAL INTERVIEW

form of interview for a job where you are presented with different scenarios and asked what you would do. This

SIZE PRINCIPLE

the principle that the order of recruitment of motor neurons serving a muscle depends on the size of the muscle.

SKIMMING

The rapid and superficial reading to get an idea of what it is about. Read also scanning.

SLEEP DRIVE

a psychological urge to sleep when we need a rest. It is governed by the reticulate activating system and the

SLEEPER EFFECT

the impact of a persuasive message that increases over time. It involves close scrutiny of the message and a cue

SMALL FOR DATES

for a baby that is small for its gestational age.

SMOOTHED CURVE

a curve that has been altered to eliminate any erratic data so its fundamental shape is evident.