SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME
an autosomal recessive disorder feature microcephaly, broad and short nose, fused or extra digits and mental retardation. Males have genital…
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
1. The acceptance of a person into a group. 2. The absence of social disapproval.
SOCIAL BREAKDOWN SYNDROME
a pattern sees in people who have been institutionalised by mental illness or in prisons. They can withdraw, show apathy,…
SOCIAL CONTROL
1. The power of organisations, institutions and the laws of society to influence and regulate behaviour. 2. The impact of…
SOCIAL DISTANCE
Social distance is actually the degree that a person wants to remain apart from other members of different social groups.…
SOCIAL HERITAGE
These are culturally learned social behaviours that are constant through each generation. See cultural heritage; social transmission.
SOCIAL INTERVENTION
These are social action programs that are designed to increase social goods and services.
SOCIAL MOTIVE
motive that we acquire as a result of interaction with other people. See psychological need.
SOCIAL PRESSURE
the influence that is exerted on a person or group by another person or group. It includes rational argument, persuasion,…
SOCIAL ROLE THEORY
a model that contends that all psychological differences can be attributed to expectations of gender and cultural standards rather than…
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
the emergence or the existence of separate socio-economic levels in society. See social class; socio-economic status.
SOCIOBIOLOGISTS
These are the people who control our own population densities by controls such as aggression, fertility, emigration, predation and disease.
SOCIOHISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
These are changes in norms and values that happen over time in a society.
SOCIOSEXUAL ASSESSMENT
an assessment used to measure a person's awareness of the cultural standards in relation to sexual activity, social relationships, sexuality…
SOHVAL-SOFFER SYNDROME
a rare and possibly hereditary disease with mental retardation and testicular deficiency, skeletal anomalies and diabetes mellitus. It was reported…
SOMATOTONIA
A personality type according to Sheldon with a mesomorphic physique and a tendency to energetic actions, physical courage and a…