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SYSTEMATIC RATIONAL RESTRUCTURING

It is a system in the psychotherapy by which the client will be encouraged to think about the situations that

SEX-POSITIVITY

Sex positivity is a positive attitude to sexual activity that is seen as a healthy relationship and from of self-expression.

SEXUAL ATTRACTION

a first step in mating behaviour of many animals where stimuli are emitted to attract the opposite sex.

SEXUAL FANTASY

These are mental images we have or stories we make up about sex and partners.

SEXUAL METAMORPHOSIS

a delusional state where a person thinks they have been changed from one sex to the other.

SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES (S1ECUS)

a non-profit organisation that promotes sex education and other information about sex and sexuality.

SHAM SURGERY

In experiments of surgical intervention, it mimics surgery but no parts are removed or altered. also known as shame operation.

SHELDON'S CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF PERSONALITY

theory saying that we all possess some degree of the 3 main temperamental components that make up the 3 body

SHORTCUT KEY

a key that is designed to do more than one task and to activate the controls used frequently by going

SIB-PAIR METHOD

a genetic technique to find the extent of inherited psychiatric factors among blood relatives as compared to the general population.

SIGNAL DETECTION TASK

Signal detection task is a task involving trails with and without the target stimulus present. These tests provide objective measures

SIMENON'S SYNDROME

condition of delusions where a false belief that you are loved by and have had an affair with a public

SIMPLE STEPFAMILY

a step family where one parent brings a child in to it. Compare blended family.

SINGLE PARENT

A person who rears a child by themselves.

SIT 1

The abbreviation for Slosson Intelligence Test, Smell Identification Test and Stress inoculation Training.

SITUATIONAL ORGASMIC DYSFUNCTION

A woman unable to reach orgasm with a certain partner or a certain situation. See female orgasmic disorder.

SIZE-WEIGHT ILLUSION

a tendency to judge density when trying to judge weight.

SKIN GRAFT

piece of skin taken from one part of our body to cover a damaged section.

SLEEP EPILEPSY

1. Epilepsy where seizures occur mostly during sleep. 2. Former name of narcolepsy.

SLEEP-ONSET INSOMNIA

when a person has trouble going to sleep. Also called onset insomnia. See insomnia; primary insomnia.