SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITY DISORDERS
a category of disorders coming from psychological factors more than organic factors.
SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
the development towards being sexually mature in behaviour and attitudes from infancy through puberty to adulthood. See psychosexual development.
SEXUAL INHIBITION
a suppressing sexual desire or an inability to feel sexual desire, or to perform. Read also about the hypoactive sexual…
SHIPLEY-HARTFORD INSTITUTE OF LIVING SCALE
Developed by Walter C Shipley, 1903-1966, US psychologist.
SHY-BOLD CONTINUUM
the tendency of some people to be fearful and cautious of new things and others who can't wait to explore…
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE
a difference in 2 models that are different being compared to each other.
SIMPLE EFFECTS
Seen in factorial design this is the comparison of group means of one factor at a set level of the…
SIMULTANEOUS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
These intervals are used to estimate multiple parameters at the same time from a set of data.
SINGLE-SESSION THERAPY (SST)
therapy that is just one session long where a person believes they have reached success with one treatment session. Such…
SITUATIONAL ATTRIBUTION
1. Attribution theory. The attributes of your behaviour to the external or circumstantial causes. 2. The ascription of an event…
SIXTEEN PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE II6PF)
a comprehensive self-report questionnaire on personality and uses 16 scales grouped into 5 global factors: extraversion, independence, tough-mindedness, anxiety and…
SLEEP CENTER
a now obsolete name for the hypothalamus that was thought to control sleep. It is now shown that several areas…
SLEEP RECOVERY
This happens when a person sleeps more than normal after a period of sleep deprivation, as though in compensation.