SHALLOW AFFECT
impairment in ability to react emotionally, even in times of intense feeling. See flat affect.
SHARED PARANOID DISORDER
A disorder with an illusion of being persecuted that has developed from living with a person who has these beliefs.…
SHOCK THERAPY
treating severe mental disorders by using drugs and an electric current to give a shock to the nervous system. Read…
SILENT MONITOR
This was a device used in 19th century factories to indicate a workers quality of conduct. It was an early…
SIMPLE IDEAS
Simple ideas are the associations and sensations from the various senses that form the basis of knowledge. These ideas can…
SINE QUA NON
a Latin phrase that means without which not. It is for an indispensable element.
SINISTRALITY
The tendency to use your left hand or the left side of the body in motor activities. See left-handedness. Compare…
SITUATIONAL EFFECT
the effect on different environments on the behaviour of people in experiments.
SKILL THEORY
a proposition that cognitive development results from dynamic interaction between a person and the environment.
SLEEP DISORDER
Sleep disorder describes a lot of sleep disturbances including amount, quality, timing and abnormal events during sleep. Disorders are characterised…
SLEEP TALKING
s person talking while they are asleep that often happens in REM sleep and is not from a pathological cause.…
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP
a stage of sleep with delta waves that is controlled by serotonin rich cells in the brainstem. It has a…
SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENT
Smoking cessation treatment is any action used to help a person stop smoking. It involves behavioural techniques, social support and…
SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAM
a planned and organised effort to alter an aspect of society, like animal rights. See social movement.
SOCIAL CHANGE
a process where the general structure of a society is changed. The Industrial revolution is a good example of this.…
SOCIAL DARWINISM
a theory of Charles Darwin who proposed that social relations develop in accordance with the principles of natural selection. It…