SOCIAL RECOVERY
the recovering of a highly functional mental state by social therapy and improving social skills.
SOCIAL SERVICES
1. Government and non-government agency provided services that improve social welfare for people in need. 2. Government services that will…
SOCIAL TRANSMISSION
the transferring of customs down the generations. See heritage; social heritage.
SOCIALLY SENSITIVE RESEARCH
research that is liable to open debate and emotional responses among members of a community.
SOCIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
An investigation in to the structural properties in a group focusing on the patterns of like and dislike. See sociometry.
SODIUM PUMP
a membrane protein that actively transports sodium ions out of a cell against the common gradient. In each cycle, this…
SOMATOFORM DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
a category of disorders with unexplained physical symptoms that don't fall into a somatoform disorder.
SOUND-LEVEL METER
Sound level meter is a device that measures sound pressure and is expressed in decibels. The sound pressure is transduced…
SPACE FACTOR
hypothesised ability that accounts for some people being better to perceive spatial relations. This factor may relate with the individual…
SPATIAL FREQUENCY
the number of elements that repeat in a pattern over a certain distance. For more understanding, you may study contrast…
SPECIAL NEEDS
the requirements of a person with a physical, mental, emotional or financial disability. Special needs vary from person to person.…
SPECIFIC PHOBIA
an anxiety disorder that used to be called a simple phobia that was marked by a persistent fear of an…
SPECTRAL ABSORPTION
The ability of different chemicals to absorb different wavelengths of light. This can be determined by passing lights of almost…
SPEECH AREA
the area of our cerebral cortex that deals with speech. The speech areas are situated in the left hemisphere in…