SPINAL REFLEX
This refers to a reflex that involves neural circuits in the spinal cord, often controlling posture or locomotion that is…
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.
STAGES OF DYING
These are the events that happen during the process of dying. Buddhists recognise 8 stages but in Western society we…
STANDARD ERROR OF ESTIMATE
a measure of the degree that a regression line fits a set of data.
STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE MODERN INTELLIGENCE TEST)
used to assess the intelligence of Trench children. The present Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SB5), developed by U.S. psychologist Gale H.…
STATE V MACK
a court ruling that memories recovered under hypnosis are not admissible as evidence. This has been known as the per…
STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC)
Organisational and industry theory. A method used to monitor, evaluate and improve performance of products, employees and systems.
STEPWISE REGRESSION
a group of regression techniques that enter predictor variables into, or deletes them from, the regression equation one variable at…
STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR 1
behaviour that is inflexible and will follow a pattern and won't change.