SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES (S1ECUS)
a non-profit organisation that promotes sex education and other information about sex and sexuality.
SHAM SURGERY
In experiments of surgical intervention, it mimics surgery but no parts are removed or altered. also known as shame operation.…
SHELDON'S CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF PERSONALITY
theory saying that we all possess some degree of the 3 main temperamental components that make up the 3 body…
SHORTCUT KEY
a key that is designed to do more than one task and to activate the controls used frequently by going…
SIB-PAIR METHOD
a genetic technique to find the extent of inherited psychiatric factors among blood relatives as compared to the general population.…
SIGNAL DETECTION TASK
Signal detection task is a task involving trails with and without the target stimulus present. These tests provide objective measures…
SIMENON'S SYNDROME
condition of delusions where a false belief that you are loved by and have had an affair with a public…
SIMPLE STEPFAMILY
a step family where one parent brings a child in to it. Compare blended family.
SITUATIONAL ORGASMIC DYSFUNCTION
A woman unable to reach orgasm with a certain partner or a certain situation. See female orgasmic disorder.
SLEEP EPILEPSY
1. Epilepsy where seizures occur mostly during sleep. 2. Former name of narcolepsy.
SLEEP-ONSET INSOMNIA
when a person has trouble going to sleep. Also called onset insomnia. See insomnia; primary insomnia.
SMOOTH-PURSUIT MOVEMENT
eye movement used when we are following a moving object. Compare cascade.
SOCIAL AGENCY
These are the agencies that provide health, welfare and rehabilitation services. The aim is to improve quality of life.
SOCIAL CLOCK
this is the set of norms that govern the ages at which certain events happen, like starting school, getting married,…
SOCIAL DENSITY
1. The density in an area in terms of the number of people. 2. The number of interpersonal reactions that…