SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SRCD)
A non-profit and multi-disciplinary professional association founded in 1933 to research human development. SRCD basically publishes the journal Child Development.
SOCIOGENIC
the process of characterising an idea or a mental process based on influences from sociocultural ideas.
SOFT PALATE
part of the roof of the mouth from the hard palate to the uvula and separates the oral cavity from…
SOMATIC CONCERN
where a person worries about or is concerned about their physical health and any symptoms they might present. Have a…
SOMATOSENSORY AREA
It is an area of the cerebral cortex that can be mapped by evoked potentials to reveal corresponding points to…
SOTOS SYNDROME
an inherited condition with distinctive facial features, a cerebral disorder, mental retardation, increased birth weight and early growth. Some symptoms…
SOURCE EXPERTISE
The extent that a source of a persuasive message is seen to be knowledgeable about the messages topic.
SPASMODIC FIXATION
1. the fixation of on an object until it is removed. 2. It can relate to a spasm or increased…
SPATIAL SUMMATION
Spatial summation is a neural impulse propagated by 2 or more post synaptic potentials that occur at the same time…
SPECIFICITY DOCTRINE OF TRAITS
This proposes that traits of personality are expressed in respect to classes of social context rather than global situations.
SPHERICITY
An assumption in data analysis that when a person is measured on more than one occasion the answers will be…
SPINAL CORD DISEASE
any condition that is caused by infection, injury or defect of the spinal cord.
SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY
This was an attempt to catch the spirits of the dead by using photography. Many early examples were fraudulent and…