SATURATION SCALE
Index referencing the purity of a color in a range from standard gray to the most vivid and pure variation…
SCALE REPRODUCIBILITY
Extent to which participant's overall scores on an aggregate scale suggest they have affirmed all parts in the scale which…
SCATTERPLOT
Graph that plots along two axes at right angles to each other the relationship between two variable quantities.
SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION
Portrayal of persons, things, occasions, or methods with regard to their genuine or possible relations with one another.
SCHIZOPHRENIC THINKING
Persistent, noticeable debilitation of cognition with regard to loosening of connections and slowness of connections, demonstrating beneficial and harmful symptoms,…
SCHOOL INTEGRATION
Strategy of drawing all areas of a classroom or local community setting collectively into a comprehensive system, making use of…
SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE
Mental outlook distinguished by an impartial and unbiased method and the application of empirical approaches in the quest for understanding.
SCRAMBLE COMPETITION
Mating rivalry occurring in animal behavior patterns which takes place when females are scattered or have become synchronized in breeding…
SEARCH ASYMMETRY
In scientific studies of optical search, the condition wherein search for the existence of an aspect generates one model of…
SECOND SIGHT
The asserted, often-doubted faculty of seeing future events. See also: clairvoyance; precognition.
SECONDARY GAINS
In psychoanalysis, social, occupational, or interpersonal advantages that a patient derives from symptoms. Indirect benefit, usually obtained through an illness…
SECONDARY STUTTERING
Established stuttering behavior wherein the dysfluencies are accompanied by awareness, anticipation, and resultant anxiety. Tics in the face, hands, head,…
SECTIONING
Academic procedure of presenting the same class, generally taught by the same instructor, repeatedly throughout the day. This allows a…
SEDATIVE, HYPNOTIC, OR ANXIOLYTIC WITHDRAWAL
In DSM-IV-TR, typical withdrawal syndrome, possibly critical, that occurs after termination of (or decrease in) extended, excessive ingestion of sedative,…
SELECTION RESEARCH
Utilization of empirical analysis to ascertain the dependability, credibility, usability, and fairness of methods employed in staff choice as well…
SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
Method wherein individuals select from the endless variety of stimuli provided to the sensory faculties at any one point in…
SACCADIC SPEED
Rate of motion inherent in a saccade. Humans have been known to achieve rates of motion at up to 700
SAFETY ENGINEERING
Approach to engineering and structure design which seeks to reduce or eliminate hazards within work systems and processes. See also:…
SALPETRIERE
Institute for females established in Paris in 1656 as an psychiatric hospital for the infirm, elderly, and deranged individuals. In…