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