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SUPERORDINATE CATEGORY

The category of higher substance that in itself consumes more of lower level categories and in itself includes several numbers…

SUPPORT GROUP

Group that contains individuals with similar problems, who meet on a regular basis to share problems and get support and…

SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS

found in the hypothalamus and the neurons secrete vasopressin.

SURVEY

1. Studying a group of participants selected from the population that are measured and analysed. 2. to carry out a…

SUSTO

Latin-American group of related symptoms that lead these individuals, after occurrence of certain traumatic event, to believe that their soul…

SYMBOL GROUNDING

procedure of constituting and continuing relation among symbolic presentation of certain items, and actual items in real life. Tjis correspondance…

SYMBOLIC THINKING

individual's aptitude to think in symbols, ideas, hypothetic terms which is then expressed in verbal way, as artistic form, in…

SYMPATRIC SPECIES

It is the name given to the species that live in the same area or where they live in an…

SYNAPTIC CLEFT

a gap in a synapse between the terminal butt on one neuron and the dendrite of a neighbouring neuron. Also…

SYNECTICS MODEL

It is an educational approach in which there is an emphasize on the creative problems solving and on the development…

SYNTHESIS

It is the part that brings together the disparate elements in a whole part. In psychology, it is the recognition…

SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING

It a sampling type in which all people are listed down and they are chosen using a certain procedure. The…

SEX-ROLE INVERSION

The former name for transexualism.

SEXUAL AVERSION DISORDER

These are negative emotions and reactions about sex that lead to avoiding it that can cause stress for the person…

SEXUAL FEELING, SEX HORMONE

Sexual feeling, sex hormone are the hormones that stimulate reproductive functions. The main source is the gonads. These hormones are…

SEXUAL NEGATIVISM

a lack of interest in sex that is caused by a lack of sexual hormones.

SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC NUCLEUS

a nucleus in the central nervous system that is different in men and women. The nucleus in the hypothalamus is…

SHAMAN

A person found in many indigenous cultures who is a spiritual leader with supposed magic powers to heal mental and…

SHELL SHOCK

Shell shock is the name used in WWI for reactions to combat stress and was thought to be from concussions…

SHORT-TERM MEMORY (STM)

a short period of recall we have for things that happened recently and is separate from our long term memory…