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.
STAGES OF DYING
These are the events that happen during the process of dying. Buddhists recognise 8 stages but in Western society we…
STANDARD ERROR OF ESTIMATE
a measure of the degree that a regression line fits a set of data.
STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE MODERN INTELLIGENCE TEST)
used to assess the intelligence of Trench children. The present Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SB5), developed by U.S. psychologist Gale H.…
STATE V MACK
a court ruling that memories recovered under hypnosis are not admissible as evidence. This has been known as the per…