SITUATIONAL EFFECT
the effect on different environments on the behaviour of people in experiments.
SKILL THEORY
a proposition that cognitive development results from dynamic interaction between a person and the environment.
SLEEP DISORDER
Sleep disorder describes a lot of sleep disturbances including amount, quality, timing and abnormal events during sleep. Disorders are characterised…
SLEEP TALKING
s person talking while they are asleep that often happens in REM sleep and is not from a pathological cause.…
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP
a stage of sleep with delta waves that is controlled by serotonin rich cells in the brainstem. It has a…
SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENT
Smoking cessation treatment is any action used to help a person stop smoking. It involves behavioural techniques, social support and…
SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAM
a planned and organised effort to alter an aspect of society, like animal rights. See social movement.
SOCIAL CHANGE
a process where the general structure of a society is changed. The Industrial revolution is a good example of this.…
SOCIAL DARWINISM
a theory of Charles Darwin who proposed that social relations develop in accordance with the principles of natural selection. It…
SOCIAL DRINKER
a name given to a person who only usually drinks when out with friends and in social settings.
SOCIAL IDENTITY
1. These are the personal qualities that a person has and displays to others consistently that they part of your…
SOCIAL ISOLATION
1. The voluntary or involuntary absence of having contact with others. 2. Experimental research. Separating an animal from other members…
SOCIAL NETWORK
These are the relationships we have with other people and groups in society.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE EXPERIMENT
a study of ways that the participant and the experimenter relate and operate.
SOCIAL SANCTION
a punishment put on person who is member of the group and have violated a rule or standard of the…
SOCIAL STUDIES
These are studies that cover many aspects of social environment and include geography, history, judicial systems, history, customs and sociology.
SOCIOCENTER
Sociometry. the person who is the centre of a group or the most popular or prominent member.
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
the study of the relationship between a society and language used that is related to gender, class and ethnicity. One…