SOURCE AMNESIA
an impaired memory of how, when or where we got a memory but not the memory itself. Background In the…
SPECIAL SCHOOL
a facility focused on individual education for disabled and disadvantaged children who couldn't cope with a regular school setting.
SPECIFIC TRANSFER
using the skills from task in a similar task where the skills are relevant. Compare general transfer.
SPEECH-ACTIVATED CONTROL
Ergonomics. Using your voice to activate a function. It is also known as voice- activated control, speech amplification system. It…
SPERMATOZOON
the name of the gamete that fuses with the female egg in fertilisation. Also called sperm.
SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS
The pathways for somatosensory impulses from the spinal cord to the thalamus. There is an anterior and a lateral. The…
SPONTANEOUS NEURAL ACTIVITY
an apparently automatic firing of neurons, or firing in the absence of observable stimuli. See spontaneous discharge.
SPORT SOCIOLOGY
applying the theories of sociology to sport and its role in a society. Its main focus is to determine the…
S-R LEARNING MODEL
a hypothesis that says learning leads to forming stimulus-response connections and is used in Pavlovian conditioning. In instrumental conditioning, the…
STAKEHOLDER
person or company who has an interest in a research project that could be a sponsor, director, service recipient. Conflict…
STATE-SPECIFIC SCIENCE
a concept of science as being dependent on a certain state of consciousness. It was [proposed by U.S. psychologist Charles…