SCAFFOLDING
Epistemological method of embodied cognition , wherein the environment that an agent functions within is observed as a sine qua…
SCAPEGOAT THEORY
Social psychological term that relates to prejudice. According to this theory, people may be prejudice toward a group in order…
SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA (SADS)
A semi-structured interview administered by a professional and designed to yield diagnostic information about current and lifetime incidences of affective…
SCHIZOID-MANIC STATE
Psychotic condition which has features of both manic and schizophrenic excitement. Also known as: schizomania.
SCHIZOTYPY
Form of character organization identified by milder types of beneficial symptoms of schizophrenia as well as harmful symptoms like anhedonia.…
SCREENING AUDIOMETRY
Rapid measurement of the hearing of an individual or a group against a predetermined limit of normality.
SEASONAL VARIATION
Often attributed to photoperiodism, changes which occur in behavioral, psychological, and physiological patterns as seasons vary or in reaction to…
SECONDARY CONTROL
Behavior pattern which does not directly control the environment, but is intended to alter oneself to be more compatible with…
SECOND-ORDER CONDITIONING
Use of a previously successfully conditioned stimulus as the unconditioned stimulus for further conditioning, employed in Pavlovian conditioning. See: higher…
SEGREGATION ANALYSIS
Enumeration of progeny according to distinct and mutually exclusive phenotypes; used as a test of a putative pattern of inheritance…
SELECTIVE CELL DEATH
Process in initial development wherein neurons which are not stimulated by sensory or motor experience wither and die.
SELECTIVE VALUE
Comparative significance of any aspect in assessing the evolution of internal organs, characteristics, or species by means of natural selection.…
SALICYLISM
Salicylate overdose, most commonly introduced by an attempt at poisoning or by ingesting too much aspirin. Symptoms may include stomach…