SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
British society founded in 1882 to promote the scientific investigation of paranormal phenomena.
SOCIOFUGAL
used to describe an environmental condition where rows of seats all face to the front. See the process of sociofugal.…
SOCIOMETRY
a field of research used to analyse that patterns of interrelationships in groups and to provide a summary in mathematical…
SOFT DETERMINISM
Soft determinism is position where all events, human actions and choices all have causes but free will and responsibility are…
SORTING TEST
task used to assess the ability to conceptualise and group like items together. This technique is basically used in this…
SOURCE CONFUSION
Source confusion is an attribute seen in different people's accounts of the same event after hearing people speak about the…
SPATIAL ORIENTATION
Being able to change location in space in relation to objects we can see. See spatial ability.
SPECIAL-ABILITY TEST
a test to see if a person possesses any extraordinary or unusual skills and abilities.
SPECIFIC-ENERGY DOCTRINE
a concept where the quality of the sensory experience is determined by the type of sensory receptor. Also called specific…
SPECTRALLY OPPONENT CELL
a visual receptor cell excited by light in certain regions of the visible spectrum.
SPEECH DISORDER
the name given to any disorder of speech from poor hearing, poor sound creation and many other factors. See communication…
SPEECH-SOUNDS PERCEPTION TEST
test that measures a person's ability to match a spoken nonsense word with its written counterpart.
SPHERICAL ABERRATION
the failure of light rays to converge at the same focal point due to curvature of a lens.
SPINAL COLUMN
the backbone from the cranium to the coccyx that encloses the spinal cord. It is a series of bones joined…
SPIRAL OMNIBUS TEST
a test where the themes are spread out through the test and not together in one section. As the test…
SPLIT-LITTER METHOD
Split litter method is a method of assigning different mates to a litter to minimise any genetic differences between the…