SOCIALITY COROLLARY
It is a concept that proposes a person's ability to communicate and interact with another person is due to the…
SOCIOCENTRISM
1. A need to put the needs and concerns of a social group or unit ahead of your own. 2.…
SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS
These are social conditions that our behaviour such as level of education, customs and morals.
SOCIOTROPY
a person's tendency to place an inordinate value on relationships over personal independence that will leave them vulnerable to depression…
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
The part of our nervous system that is the sensory and motor neurons that innervate the sense organs and skeletal…
SOMBER-BRIGHT DIMENSION
a classification of artistic styles based on their emotional effects.
SOUND PRESSURE
the force that is exerted by a sound wave. The unit of measurement is a Pascal. It is also called…
SOURCE TRAITS
the factorial theory of personality and is 12 personality traits that underlie and determine the surface traits. See ability trait;…
SPATIAL DENSITY
the density that is altered by changing the space and not the number of objects.
SPECIAL CHILD
a child with special needs for education and training. They may have learning disabilities, mental retardation or emotional problems.
SPECIFIC FACTOR
the name of a factor in factor analysis that is going to be significant in a single test only.
SPECTATOR EFFECT
This effects how we carry out a task with other people present. If we are confident, the spectators improve performance.…
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION DISORDERS
a wide range of disorders with a reduced ability, failure to acquire speech and to understand language.
SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM
a computer software program that can recognise and respond to human speech. Such programs enable individuals to have a grip…
SPERM COMPETITION
the competition between sperm from different males to fertilise the eggs of a female that has mated with more than…
SPINAL ROOT
the junction of a spinal nerve and the spinal cord. It is near the cord, each spinal nerve divides into…