SPINAL ROOT
the junction of a spinal nerve and the spinal cord. It is near the cord, each spinal nerve divides into…
SPLANCHNIC NERVE
These are the nerves that serve the abdominal viscera and originate in the ganglia of the sympathetic chain.
SPORT PERSONALITY DEBATE
Sport personality debate is a debate about the role a person's personality plays in deciding to play sport. For more…
STABILIMETER
an instrument used to measure postural stability and body sway when a person is upright, blindfolded and is asked to…
STAGGERED SPONDAIC WORD TEST (SSW)
a test of auditory processing abilities using equally stressed, two syllable words in which the first syllable of one word…
STANFORD V KENTUCKY
STANFORD V KENTUCKY is the case that resulted in a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that it is permissible to…
STATE-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR
These are the actions that are dependent on a person's state of mind.
STATISTICAL PSYCHOLOGY
a branch of psychology that uses statistical models and methods to derive descriptions and explanations of phenomena.
STEREOBLINDNESS
a person's inability for depth perception using retinal disparity. Stereoblindness is thought to affect 5-10% of the general population. Stereoblindness…
STEREOTYPED MOVEMENT
A repeated gesture or movement such as a tic, head banging or rocking.
STIMULUS PROPOSITION
To propose the stimulus physically to know how response time can be shortened while doing this. Read response proposition for…
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
A captive's loyal response to captor. It can be mental or emotional response of the captive. The captive can come…
STRAITJACKCT
Are clothing items used in mental hospitals to keep the patients from injuring themselves and to save other patients from…