SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be…
SCOPOLAMINE
Anticholinergic alkaloid obtained from the leaves and seeds of several solanaceous plants. It is a central nervous system depressant, employed…
SCREEN MAGNIFIER
Software that interfaces with a computer's graphical output to present enlarged screen content. It is a type of assistive technology…
SECONDARY ATTENTION
Engaged concentration which requires cognizant exertion, for example the attentiveness required to examine a work of art. Compare with: primary…
SECONDARY MEMORY (SM)
Memory that maintains numerous things fairly perpetually, as opposed to primary memory. Originally denoting dual-storage memory models prior to its…
SECONDARY TASK METHODOLOGY
Controlled model employed in the analysis of concentration wherein individuals execute a primary job as well as possible and a…
SECULAR HUMANISM
Philosophy that espouses reason, ethics, and the search for human fulfillment, and specifically rejects supernatural and religious dogma as the…
SELECTIVE ADAPTATION
Psycho-physical process wherein recurring subjection to a stimulus generates sensory variation that affects understanding of a successive stimulus. Assessment that…
SELECTIVE REARING
Experiential paradigm wherein an organism is brought up from arrival or from the time that the eyes open under circumstances…
SACRED DISEASE
Ancient Greek designation for epilepsy, which they thought to be indicative of divine communication.
SALTATORY CONDUCTION
The form of nerve impulse conduction in which the impulse jumps from one Ranvier's node to the next, rather than…
SAMPLING PLAN
Method of specifying the means by which participants will be chosen for analysis, especially in a survey-type study.
SAVINGS METHOD, RELEASE
The liberation of anxiety in a mental, physical, or emotional sense, which may then lead to relaxation and reduction of…
SCANLON PLAN
A type of business plan wherein cost reduction or improved efficiency translates to higher profitability which is then shared throughout…
SCHACHTER, STANLEY
(1922-1997) American psychologist who pursued his doctorate degree at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1949. Taught at Minnesota University…
SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER
In DSM-IV-TR, mental illness that shares the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia and the mood disturbances of depression or bipolar disorder…