SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT TEST
Any examination which assesses a pupil's comprehension and aptitude within core subjects of education, such as history, science, mathematics, or…
SCHWANN CELL
Any of the cells of the peripheral nervous system which wraps around a nerve fiber and covers the axons to…
SCIENTIST-PRACTITIONER MODEL
Principle for the graduate instruction of doctoral clinical (or various other applied) psychology professionals in the US, which is designed…
SCREENING TEST
Assessment process intended to distinguish individuals or items in accordance with a set attribute or feature. Generally employed to differentiate…
SEASONALITY EFFECT
Idea that people with schizophrenia are quite likely to have been born in the course of the interval from January…
SECONDARY COPING
Refers to the process by which people adjust some aspect of the self and accept circumstances as they are. Also…
SECONDARY PREVENTION
Level of preventive medicine that focuses on early diagnosis, use of referral services, and rapid initiation of treatment to stop…
SECOND-ORDER FACTOR
An aspect that results from the factorization of oblique aspects by correlation to the resulting aspects independently. Compare with: first-order…
SECURITY OPERATIONS
As proposed by US psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), various interpersonal protective procedures, including arrogance, boredom, or irritability, which are…
SEISMIC COMMUNICATION
Employing ground or substrate in communication between individuals in certain animal species, usually achieved by thumping or stomping the ground.
SELEGILINE
Drug employed for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson's disease, depression and senile dementia. In normal clinical doses it is a…
SADOMASOCHISM
Sexual practice wherein one partner takes on a sadistic role, while the other submits or takes on the masochist role.…
SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
Allocation of results in a specific example. May be considered normal, skewed, or bimodal.
SANATORIUM
Now-defunct designation for any facility which offers therapy and confinement to individuals having chronic disorders or mental problems. Also known…
SATISFACTION OF INSTINCTS
Any meeting of basic needs (hunger, thirst, sex, or aggression) which eliminates anxiety and displeasure while restoring the organism to…
SCALA TYMPANI
Perilymph-filled cavities in the cochlear labyrinth, separated from the scala media by the basilar membrane, extending from the round window…
SCAPULAR REFLEX
Reflexive contraction of the scapular muscle due to an irritation of the skin which covers the muscle.