SWITCH PROCESS
In psychology, course of action where bipolar disorder individual feels the transfer from the depression to manic feel and other…
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
Theory in sociology that presents idea that self-perspective is constructed by defining symbolic body language, actual words, physical actions that…
SYMMETRY COMPULSION
a method to arrange different things in a certain way. The symmetry compulsion is normally associated with having an obsession…
SYMPTOM SPECIFICITY
It is the hypothesis that states that people who have the psychosomatic disorder may display some abnormality to the stress…
SYNCHRONIZATION
the pattern of brain wave activity that seems to be coordinated so that neurons oscillate in phase. Read DELTA WAVE…
SEXUAL AGGRESSION
aggressive behaviour in animals by one sex to the other and is seen where males are larger than females.
SEXUAL INFANTILISM
a tendency of a person to engage in sexual behaviour that is characteristic of a small child. Sexual infantilism is…
SEXUAL REFLEX
1. Penile erection. 2. Vaginal secretion and lubrication. 3. Reflex activity of orgasm. 4. Elements of sexual behaviour that are…
SHADOW JURY
a group of people hired by a consultant to watch a trial and report their impressions of evidence.
SHAPE CODING
Used in ergonomics so a display by shape is easily distinguished from other displays. See control discriminability.
SHINKEISHITSU
a culture bound syndrome seen in Japan that features obsessions, perfectionism, ambivalence, social withdrawal and hypochondria. It is also seen…
SIGHTING LINE
a visual axis extending along a line from the point of fixation to the point of clearest vision on the…
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
Null hypothesis significance testing. the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The probability of a type…
SIMULTANAGNOSIA
It is a form of agnosia with an impairment in being able to integrate several elements of a complex visual…
SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM (SNP)
A common and tiny DNA variation that occurs every 1000 bases and effects single nucleotide. These can be used genetic…