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SOCIAL ASSIMILATION

1. The process of different cultures merging together. 2. The process where people are absorbed into a culture. Have a

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM

a school of thought where people's motivations and emotions are shaped by cultural training. See nature-nurture controversy.

SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION

how a hierarchy develops in society with certain constraints.

SOCIAL FLEXIBILITY

The ability to adapt to different situations. Compare social immobility. See downward mobility; horizontal mobility; upward mobility; vertical mobility.

SOCIAL INTEGRATION

1. The process where separate groups are combined to form a unified society. Integration implies coming together as a whole.

SOCIAL MATURITY

Showing behaviour that is in accord with standards and the norms for a person of that age.

SOCIAL PHOBIA

Social phobia is an anxiety disorder that causes stress and prevents people from partaking in any social activities. It is

SOCIAL REPRESSION

Social repression is the act of controlling, subduing or suppressing people, groups and larger social aggregations by interpersonal means. Techniques

SOCIAL STATICS

1. An approach to sociology focusing on the distinctive nature of human societies and social systems in abstract rather than

SOCIAL ZONE

Actually, social zone is a zone of distance between 2 people like an attorney and his client. You can compare

SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH

The international and interdisciplinary organisation that studies psychotherapy and all of its forms.

SOCIOGENETICS

the study of the origin and the development of societies.

SOCIONOMICS

the study of influences on a group that are not social but are from the environment and external sources. This

SOFT KEY

Ergonomics. A control key used to activate multiple functions that are determined by the state of the system.

SOMATIC ANXIETY

the level of reaction from our sympathetic nervous system we experience in a situation.

SOMATOPSYCHOSIS

1. The psychosis marked by delusions about a body part or a person's body. 2. Psychosis due to a physical

SOMNOLOGY

The study of sleep and its disorders.

SORT-RECALL TASK

used in memory research where items are sorted into groups and then are recalled.

SOURCE CREDIBILITY

the extent of a message being accurate and is determined by source expertise and trustworthiness. Its other name is source

SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA

a rare disorder of a person's voice with periods of vocal spasms, tight throat, and recurrent hoarseness. There is no