Schizophrenia

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SOCIAL SELF

1. The aspects of the self that are important to social relations. 2. A person's characteristic behaviour in social situations.

SPECULATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

view that is based on speculation and not research and experiments. Also read armchair psychology; rational psychology.

STIMULATION

1. The act of increasing levels of activity. 2. Part of perception. See stimulus.

SUBJECT

The participant (either a human or non human) that is taken for the purpose of doing research. It also refers

SUPEREGO

In psychology, this is one of the elements of our psyche, which in totals contains three elements: id, ego and

SYNDROME

It is a group of the symptoms together with the signs that result to only one cause. They can indicate

SELF-DISCLOSURE

where we will give over information about ourselves to other people. It can increase rapport and trust between people. To

SELF-REINFORCEMENT

Rewarding ourselves for appropriate behaviour or attaining a goal. also called self-managed reinforcement.

SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)

Short portable mental status questionnaire is a short questionnaire that is used to screen older adults for dementia signs and

SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE

1. The acceptance of a person into a group. 2. The absence of social disapproval.

SOCIAL IDENTITY

1. These are the personal qualities that a person has and displays to others consistently that they part of your

SOCIAL SITUATION

combination of all social factors that come into play at any one time.

SPLIT-HALF RELIABILITY

the measure of the internal consistency of a test, obtained by correlating responses on one half of the test with

STIMULUS

Any external or internal situation, event or agent that arise a response from animal or human. Stimulus can be of

SUBJECT VARIABLE

The variable which is related to individual in the research is called subject variable. This variable is not usually changed

SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

The feeling of being superior. It is reverse of inferiority complex. In this complex, a person feels himself as superior

SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION

getting data in well ordered manner that will give reliable information about something.

SELF-DISCOVERY

a process of looking for your own identity. To discover what a one individual has in his personality and what

SELF-REPORT

the answer to a series of questions about our feelings, beliefs and attitudes etc. Self-report relies on us to be

SIB-PAIR METHOD

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