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…
SOCIAL INCENTIVE
an inducement to behave in an approved way that involves offering interpersonal rewards like acceptance, inclusion, approval that quality of…
SOCIAL SKILLS
These are the skills that allow a person to interact and to act appropriately in given social contexts. The skills…
STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION
being able to distinguish between different stimuli. See discrimination.
SUBJECTIVE
Not able to be accessed or observed. Opposite to objective. Something that is effected by personal feelings, prejudice and interpretations.…
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-EFFICACY
a capacity to bring about a desired result. To bring desired results by performing in an efficient way is known…
SELF-REPORT BIAS
This problem arises when people do a self-report and try to make a good impression of them or are unsure…
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
Null hypothesis significance testing. the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. The probability of a type…
SOCIAL AGENCY
These are the agencies that provide health, welfare and rehabilitation services. The aim is to improve quality of life.
SOCIAL JUDGMENT THEORY
a theory dealing with attitude change that postulates the magnitude of persuasion that is produced by a certain message depends…
SOCIAL STATISTICS
the application of statistical methods to understanding social problems and issues. See demography.
SPONTANEOUS TRAIT INFERENCE
a judgement about a person's personality traits that are made automatically with no conscious intent.
STIMULUS EQUIVALENCE
Is the situation when there are two stimuli which both elicit the same response. Stimuli meet the mathematical definition of…
SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
A person's judgement or we can say a comparison between the life what is being lead by a person and…