SPECIFIC-STATUS CHARACTERISTICS
These are behavioural and personal characteristics that are relevant to a setting that are taken into account when making judgements.…
SPECULATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
view that is based on speculation and not research and experiments. Also read armchair psychology; rational psychology.
SPEECH PERCEPTION
a psychological process where the listener processes the speech in to a phonological presentation.
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (SMA)
a hereditary motor neuron disease, characterized by wasting, atrophy, and of skeletal muscles associated with degeneration of nerve cells in…
SPONTANEITY TRAINING
Spontaneity training is a personality-training program where a client learns to act naturally and spontaneously in real-life situations by practicing…
SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
the application and development of psychological theory for the understanding of human behaviour in the sport and physical exercise environment…
SPREADING ACTIVATION
1. Neuroscience. The hypothetical process where the activation of one neuron spreads to others. 2. Cognitive psychology. A model for…
STAGES OF CHANGE
The 5 steps to bring a change in health behaviour: precontemplation; contemplation; preparation; action; maintenance. Referred as transtheoratical model. It…
STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE
a standardized 12-item scale used to measure hypnotic susceptibility by means of the person's response to suggestions for movement. It…
STATE THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS
This theory says a hypnotic induction evokes a unique altered state of consciousness in the participant. You can compare non-state…
STATISTICAL LEARNING THEORY
a theoretical approach using mathematical models to describe the learning processes. This term is applied to stimulus sampling theory.
STEALING THUNDER
Stealing thunder is the process that is done in a courtroom when an attorney makes admissions to the jury before…