SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
a view that learning is mainly due to our social interactions with others. Behaviour is assumed to be developed and…
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
the set of social relationships that are among members of a group or society that determine the structure of the…
SOCIAL RECOVERY
the recovering of a highly functional mental state by social therapy and improving social skills.
SOCIAL SERVICES
1. Government and non-government agency provided services that improve social welfare for people in need. 2. Government services that will…
SOCIAL TRANSMISSION
the transferring of customs down the generations. See heritage; social heritage.
SOCIALLY SENSITIVE RESEARCH
research that is liable to open debate and emotional responses among members of a community.
SOCIODRAMA
a technique that is sued that includes role play for enhancing human relations see psychodrama.
SOCIOMETRIC DIFFERENTIATION
the development of stronger and more positive ties between members of a group that sees a decrease in relationships between…
SODIUM REGULATION
Sodium regulation is the maintaining of the sodium ion concentration in blood plasma between the normal limits. Loss of the…
SOMATOGNOSIA
the awareness we have of the parts of our body. The opposite, the denial of our body parts is called…
SOMNAMBULISTIC STATE
where a person will, walk, talk or do complex actions while asleep. If we see it historically, it refers to…
S-O-R PSYCHOLOGY
S-O-R psychology is the abbreviation for stimulus-organism-response psychology. It deals with how an organism will respond to a stimulus. The…
SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
mental ability to imagine the objects in space and move them to different apparent locations. It is one of Gardner's…
SPECIAL PSYCHIATRIC RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM (SPRINT)
a multidisciplinary team providing assistance in short term mental health and emotional support after a crisis. This term is also…
SPECIFIC THALAMIC PROJECTION SYSTEM
a direct sensory pathway from the thalamus for auditory, visual and some somasthetic impulses.
SPECTRAL COLOR
any of the colours that are in the visible spectrum that is made when light is refracted by a prism.…