SOCIOHISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
These are changes in norms and values that happen over time in a society.
SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH
an approach to designing and evaluating work systems. It is based on a theory that roles and tasks, technology and…
SOMATIC FUNCTION
a function of sensation and contraction of muscles involving the somatic nervous system.
SOMATOTOPIC ORGANIZATION
the distribution of areas of motor cortex that relate to the activities of skeletal muscles. Also read somatosensory area; motor…
SONIC PATHFINDER
Trademark for a mobility assistance device a person wears on their head when they are vision impaired. A tone lets…
SOUND CHANGE
Linguistics. a change over time in the phonological language patterns. Modern languages are different from the original languages used many…
SOURCE MEMORY
Being able to remember the origin of a memory or of the knowledge of how we came to have that…
SPASTICITY
the increased state of tension of resting muscles that results in a resistance to stretch. It is caused by damage…
SPEARMAN'S G
A factor in Charles Spearman's Theory of intelligence represented by the factor G.
SPECIES-SPECIFIC DEFENSE REACTION (SSDR)
a defence reaction to adverse stimuli when another is absent. This bias determines the rate of learning an organism may…
SPECIFIC-STATUS CHARACTERISTICS
These are behavioural and personal characteristics that are relevant to a setting that are taken into account when making judgements.…
SPECULATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
view that is based on speculation and not research and experiments. Also read armchair psychology; rational psychology.
SPEECH PERCEPTION
a psychological process where the listener processes the speech in to a phonological presentation.
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (SMA)
a hereditary motor neuron disease, characterized by wasting, atrophy, and of skeletal muscles associated with degeneration of nerve cells in…
SPONTANEITY TRAINING
Spontaneity training is a personality-training program where a client learns to act naturally and spontaneously in real-life situations by practicing…
SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
the application and development of psychological theory for the understanding of human behaviour in the sport and physical exercise environment…