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SOCIOTHERAPY

the supportive approach to therapy based on modifying a person's environment to help with interpersonal adjustment. It means working with

SOLICITATION BEHAVIOR

the action one animal does to seek a mate. This behaviour is usually seen in females that are interested in

SOMATIC HALLUCINATION

a false perception of physical occurrences in the body.

SOMATOTYPE

a body or physique as it relates to behaviour characteristics. Have a look on constitutional type for more understanding.

SOOTHABILITY

an ability of babies to calm down and to recover from being distressed.

SOUND INTENSITY

the flow rate of sound energy through a set area and is measured in watts per metre squared. It is

SOURCE MONITORING

This determines the origin of a person's memories, beliefs and knowledge. Also called reality monitoring.

SPATIAL ABILITY

an ability to perceive and to orient your body in space and to detect and reason about spatial relationships.

SPEARMAN'S S

A factor in Charles Spearman's Theory of intelligence represented by the factor S.

SPECIFIC ABILITY

an ability that is used for a certain task and not for anything but that task. Also called special aptitude.

SPECIOUS PRESENT

Specious present is then moment that is distinct from another moment with its own sense impressions and mental events. For

SPEECH

how we communicate with sound.

SPEECH PROCESSOR

a device that converts sound into electrical stimulation. Consequently, it enables the comprehension of sound and speech.

SPENCE, KENNETH WARTINBEE

US. Psychologist who was involved with experimental research on learning discrimination in animals. With Clark Hull, he developed a version

SPHYGMOGRAPH

This measures the strength and speed of a pulse.

SPINAL NERVE

any one of the 31 pairs of nerves that originate in the grey matter of the spinal cord and emerge

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

SPORT INJURY

a physical injury that results from playing sport or doing exercise.

SPREE MURDER

Killing people at more than one; location within a short time span of each other.