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SOCIAL RESISTANCE

1. Group opposition to economic, political and social actions and policies of a society or government. 2. The subgroup opposition

SOCIAL STATISTICS

the application of statistical methods to understanding social problems and issues. See demography.

SOCIAL-ADJUSTIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

the role a person's attitude plays in starting social interactions and enhancing cohesion in groups. Also read about the defensive

SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SRCD)

A non-profit and multi-disciplinary professional association founded in 1933 to research human development. SRCD basically publishes the journal Child Development.

SOCIOGENIC

the process of characterising an idea or a mental process based on influences from sociocultural ideas.

SOCIOPATH

A name for a person with a mental disorder that makes him antisocial.

SOFT PALATE

part of the roof of the mouth from the hard palate to the uvula and separates the oral cavity from

SOMATIC CONCERN

where a person worries about or is concerned about their physical health and any symptoms they might present. Have a

SOMATOSENSORY AREA

It is an area of the cerebral cortex that can be mapped by evoked potentials to reveal corresponding points to

SOMNOPHILIA

A now obsolete term for the sexual arousal of walking in on a sleeping person.

SOTOS SYNDROME

an inherited condition with distinctive facial features, a cerebral disorder, mental retardation, increased birth weight and early growth. Some symptoms

SOURCE EXPERTISE

The extent that a source of a persuasive message is seen to be knowledgeable about the messages topic.

SPASMODIC FIXATION

1. the fixation of on an object until it is removed. 2. It can relate to a spasm or increased

SPATIAL SUMMATION

Spatial summation is a neural impulse propagated by 2 or more post synaptic potentials that occur at the same time

SPECIES

a basic unit of biological taxonomy that groups organisms that are able to interbreed and have fertile offspring.

SPECIFICITY DOCTRINE OF TRAITS

This proposes that traits of personality are expressed in respect to classes of social context rather than global situations.

SPECTRUM

1. The distribution of electromagnetic energy over different wavelengths. 2. The wide range of linked things to one thing. In

SPEECH IMPAIRMENT

These are any problems we have with producing speech.

SPEED

a slang term for amphetamine.

SPHERICITY

An assumption in data analysis that when a person is measured on more than one occasion the answers will be