SORTING TEST
task used to assess the ability to conceptualise and group like items together. This technique is basically used in this…
SOURCE CONFUSION
Source confusion is an attribute seen in different people's accounts of the same event after hearing people speak about the…
SPATIAL ORIENTATION
Being able to change location in space in relation to objects we can see. See spatial ability.
SPECIAL-ABILITY TEST
a test to see if a person possesses any extraordinary or unusual skills and abilities.
SPECIFIC-ENERGY DOCTRINE
a concept where the quality of the sensory experience is determined by the type of sensory receptor. Also called specific…
SPECTRALLY OPPONENT CELL
a visual receptor cell excited by light in certain regions of the visible spectrum.
SPEECH DISORDER
the name given to any disorder of speech from poor hearing, poor sound creation and many other factors. See communication…
SPEECH-SOUNDS PERCEPTION TEST
test that measures a person's ability to match a spoken nonsense word with its written counterpart.
SPHERICAL ABERRATION
the failure of light rays to converge at the same focal point due to curvature of a lens.
SPINAL COLUMN
the backbone from the cranium to the coccyx that encloses the spinal cord. It is a series of bones joined…
SPIRAL OMNIBUS TEST
a test where the themes are spread out through the test and not together in one section. As the test…
SPLIT-LITTER METHOD
Split litter method is a method of assigning different mates to a litter to minimise any genetic differences between the…
SPORTS HYPNOSIS
style of hypnosis used to assist participants in sport to eliminate mind-sets that interfere with athletic performance or to develop…
S-R-O LEARNING MODEL
a hypothesis that says associations are acquired between a discriminative stimulus and an instrumental response and the outcome. In psychology,…
STAFFING THEORY
the perspective that results from working in a place that is overstaffed or understaffed. The formal name of this theory…