STANDARDIZED INSTRUCTIONS
a list of instructions for all participants that is the same for all people.
STARVATION REACTIONS
These are the psychological and physical effects of a situation of chronic undernourishment. Common physical effects which include: general weakness…
STATIC RESPONSE
The postural reflex to orient us against a force such as gravity. Also called static reflex.
STATUS GENERALIZATION
This occurs when a person of authority and respect in one context will enjoy a similar level of status in…
STEREOTACTIC INSTRUMENT
device used to allow experiments to be made on the brains of animals without damaging nearby tissue. This device holds…
STEROID HORMONE
a particular category of hormones with a molecular structure based on 4 inter connected rings of carbon atoms. Sex hormones…
STILTED SPECCH
formal and pompous speech that is affected and can be associated with certain disorders. This speech problem can be seen…
STIMULUS EVALUATION CHECKS (SECS)
When a person judges the impacts of a situation, these assessments are made and consequently the individual
STORY MODEL
a theory of juror decision making that proposes that jurors organise trial information into narratives or stories to aid comprehension…
STRESS INCONTINENCE
This includes any instance of incontinence that is somehow related to stress factor. There are many types of incontinence but…
STRIA TERMINALIS
Is the smaller efferent pathway that starts from amygdala running to the thalamus. Read also ventral amygdaeoeugae pathway whose fibres…
STRUCTURED INTERVIEW
interview with previously set group of questions or subjects. These are popular in marketing to evaluate success of the product…
STUTTERING II
The problem in speech pattern is referred as stuttering. You can also have a look on what we called stammering.…
SUBJECTIVE COMPETITIVE SITUATION
individual's perception, assessment and acceptance to a situation when he is meeting the criteria of objective competitive situation.
SUBJUNCTIVE
It is used in the linguistic to show that the action of the verb is not yet realized or is…