SUPPRESSIVE THERAPY
Type of therapy that is supposed to enforce patients individual protective mechanisms that act as a way of suppression, stronger.
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
the onset of this movement disorder is experienced when continuous use of antipsychotic drug is discontinued. Patients having Mood disorder…
SELF-ASSERTION
the act of putting forward your own opinions or to express your needs, rights and wishes. In this way person…
SELF-IMAGE
how we see ourselves and gives us a sense of our personality and our success in relationships and our wellbeing.…
SELF-UNDERSTANDING
Attain the insight into your attitudes, motives, defences, reactions, weaknesses and strengths. Also called self-awareness.
SIMULTANEOUS CONDITIONING
Pavlovian technique where conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus are presented at the same time.
SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT
1. The inability to develop a satisfying relationship. 2. A lack of social finesse and tact. 3. A breakdown in…
SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
1. A viewpoint to mental health and health, politics, history and other areas of human experience that emphasises the environmental…
STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING
Is a type of sampling conducted randomly within different strata of the population; the sample obtained is known as stratified…
SURFACE TRAITS
sum of 35 individual traits that can be directly observed from the patient's conduct. These traits are consistent with not…
SELF-AWARENESS
1. see self-understanding. 2. seen in animal behaviour. To know about one's self. Human beings are more likely to be…
SINGLE BLIND
an experiment procedure where the people involved don't know of the treatment, manipulation or type drug administered. Compare double blind;…
SOCIAL COMPETENCE
a skill a person has in interpersonal relationships with the ability to handle different situations.
SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE
Social neuroscience is a new discipline that aims to integrate social and biological approaches to human behaviour. They are often…