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.
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…
SPLIT-HALF RELIABILITY
the measure of the internal consistency of a test, obtained by correlating responses on one half of the test with…
SUBJECT VARIABLE
The variable which is related to individual in the research is called subject variable. This variable is not usually changed…
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.…
SOCIAL AGE (SA)
an estimate of a person's capabilities in social situations that are relative to normal standards. In clinical situations with young…