SYRINGOMYELIA
It is a disorder that it is marked with the presence of a cavity full of fluid. It will elongate…
SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE
It is the pressure of the blood on the arterials walls and it is produced because of the contraction of…
SEXUAL AGGRESSION
aggressive behaviour in animals by one sex to the other and is seen where males are larger than females.
SEXUAL INFANTILISM
a tendency of a person to engage in sexual behaviour that is characteristic of a small child. Sexual infantilism is…
SEXUAL REFLEX
1. Penile erection. 2. Vaginal secretion and lubrication. 3. Reflex activity of orgasm. 4. Elements of sexual behaviour that are…
SHADOW JURY
a group of people hired by a consultant to watch a trial and report their impressions of evidence.
SHAPE CODING
Used in ergonomics so a display by shape is easily distinguished from other displays. See control discriminability.
SHINKEISHITSU
a culture bound syndrome seen in Japan that features obsessions, perfectionism, ambivalence, social withdrawal and hypochondria. It is also seen…
SIGHTING LINE
a visual axis extending along a line from the point of fixation to the point of clearest vision on the…
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
Null hypothesis significance testing. the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The probability of a type…
SIMULTANAGNOSIA
It is a form of agnosia with an impairment in being able to integrate several elements of a complex visual…
SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM (SNP)
A common and tiny DNA variation that occurs every 1000 bases and effects single nucleotide. These can be used genetic…
SITUATION TEST
a test where a person is placed in a natural setting in order to assess the ability to problem solve…
SKEPTICAL POSTMODERNISM
a perspective that is reluctant to give any moral or meaningful foundations to anything. Such as any political idea shouldn't…
SLEEP PATTERN
our habitual pattern in sleep, 8 hours straight, 2 4 hour periods or a daytime nap. Whatever pattern we show.…