SIMPLE CELL
a neuron in the striate cortex with a receptive field with an elongated centre and 2 flanking regions. Also called…
SINGLE-GENE DISORDER
Single gene disorder is disease or disorder that is due to the effect on mutated gene. These disorders are quite…
SITUATION ETHICS
a view that the morality of a situation needs to take the context into account. Compare moral absolutism; moral relativism.
SITUATIONALLY PREDISPOSED PANIC ATTACK
a panic attack that is activated by a certain trigger. Compare cued panic attack; uncued panic attack.
SKEPTICAL ARGUMENT
An argument about sport and personality where a person's personality will not necessarily predict his success. See credulous argument.
SKIN-SENSORY SPOT
an area on the skin with nerve endings for stimuli of hot and cold pain and touch. Some parts of…
SLEEP PARALYSIS
brief inability to speak or move just before we fall asleep or wake up and may be accompanied by hallucinations.…
SMELL IDENTIFICATION TEST (SIT)
an odour test with 40 different smells for people age 5 and up. It is used to assess sensitivity and…
SOCIAL ASSIMILATION
1. The process of different cultures merging together. 2. The process where people are absorbed into a culture. Have a…
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
a school of thought where people's motivations and emotions are shaped by cultural training. See nature-nurture controversy.
SOCIAL FLEXIBILITY
The ability to adapt to different situations. Compare social immobility. See downward mobility; horizontal mobility; upward mobility; vertical mobility.
SOCIAL INTEGRATION
1. The process where separate groups are combined to form a unified society. Integration implies coming together as a whole.…
SOCIAL MATURITY
Showing behaviour that is in accord with standards and the norms for a person of that age.
SOCIAL PHOBIA
Social phobia is an anxiety disorder that causes stress and prevents people from partaking in any social activities. It is…
SOCIAL REPRESSION
Social repression is the act of controlling, subduing or suppressing people, groups and larger social aggregations by interpersonal means. Techniques…
SOCIAL STATICS
1. An approach to sociology focusing on the distinctive nature of human societies and social systems in abstract rather than…