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SPREE MURDER

Killing people at more than one; location within a short time span of each other.

S-STRUCTURE

The abbreviation for surface structure.

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.

STEALTH JUROR

juror who hides biases from a judge and attorneys during jury selection.

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.

STHENOMETER

The instrument used to measure the strength of muscles.

STIMULATOR

Any device which can be used to stimulate a receptor is called stimulator. An early kind of an induction coil…

STIMULUS OVERLOAD

Is where there are more than two stimuli present in the environment. These stimuli can be processed simply resulting in…

STOCHASTIC MODEL

Is used for the analysis of wrong diagnosis and also for simulating conditions. It is based on correlational analysis when…

STRAIN 1

When any system makes excessive demands, we can say it is in a state of strain. A specific group within…

STREAMING MEDIA

These are displays that we see and hear as they are transmitted.

STRESS-DECOMPENSATION MODEL

This model is just about the conversion of normal behaviour into abnormal one due to high stress level. Due to…

STROBOSCOPIC ILLUSION

Is a perceptual illusion which is experienced while seeing the still images. This illusion makes a person feel like still…

STRUCTURAL ZERO

A co-efficient with a value set to zero.

STRYCHNINE

it works as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. a stimulant of CNS. Strychnine has long been used as a rodenticide, and this…