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