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…
SOMATOTYPE
a body or physique as it relates to behaviour characteristics. Have a look on constitutional type for more understanding.
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 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…
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…
SPREE MURDER
Killing people at more than one; location within a short time span of each other.