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SUICIDE

Action aimed to take one's own life. It usually is tried when person is going through depressive episode, but it

SUMMATION TIME

1. The longest period of time during which anticipated vigor of stimulation is concluded through total sum of energy during

SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE

superior intelligence is unscientific class of the intelligence which is supposedly possessed by only some 15% of humans. This intelligence

SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR

Type of the reaction to certain situations/impulses that gets so embedded in individual's course of action that he repeats it

SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY

type of psychotherapy which doesn't investigate what is the root of the particular psychological issue/problem, but rather provides ideas how

SURFACE THERAPY

type of psychological therapy that has a goal to minimize patients problems by implementation of supportive measures and to try

SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

a group of statistical procedures to build models to determine when an event may occur,

SWITCH COST

the loss of efficiency when doing more than one task at a time.

SYMBOLIC DISPLACEMENT

mechanism of moving answer, usually emotional one, from its primary source to the one that is presented by it. To

SYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION

a distribution that is equal above and below the mean.

SYMPTOM FORMATION

Psychoanalytic theory. Developing a somatic or behavioural manifestation from an unconscious impulse that provokes anxiety.

SYNCHRONICITY

According to Carl Jung it is the occurrence of events simultaneously that have a meaningful connection when there is no

SYNESTHESIA

Is a condition where stimulation of one sense will arouse sensations in another.

SYPHILIS

It is a contagious disease which affect people. It is transmitted sexually but sometime it can be transmitted through a

SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT

A framework that is used to identify the profile and nature of the services that are required to give to

SEXUAL ADDICTION

sexual behaviour that follows the form of a drug addiction where sex becomes out of control is looked for at

SEXUAL CONTACT

any form of person to person contact, kissing, touching, caressing, biting, and sex and fondling.

SEXUAL IDENTITY

1. A person's internal identification with hetero, homo or bisexuality. 2. A synonym for sex identity or gender identity.

SEXUAL PERVERSION

a term given to any sexual practice that is regarded by a community as abnormal. It applies to any practice

SHADING

the gradations of darkness on an object's surface.