SLEEP PATTERN
our habitual pattern in sleep, 8 hours straight, 2 4 hour periods or a daytime nap. Whatever pattern we show.…
SOCIAL ZONE
Actually, social zone is a zone of distance between 2 people like an attorney and his client. You can compare…
STANDARDIZATION GROUP
a sample group to establish the norms for the population it is representing. It is also known as standardization sample.…
SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
A person's judgement or we can say a comparison between the life what is being lead by a person and…
SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION
getting data in well ordered manner that will give reliable information about something.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
The realisation of what you are capable of. Also called self-realisation. See humanistic psychology; Maslow's Motivational Hierarchy. By doing this,…
SLEEP SPINDLES
These are spindle shaped traces on an EEC during sleep stage 2 that are short bursts of 15Hz waves that…
SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS
These are the environmental conditions that play a part in adaptive and healthy behaviour and wellbeing or just the opposite.…
STANDARDIZED INSTRUCTIONS
a list of instructions for all participants that is the same for all people.
SUBLIMATION
In the psychoanalytic theory, it is a defence method which result from the unacceptable aggressive and sexual drivers but it…
TABOO (TABU)
A social, spiritual, moral or ethical restriction that makes a man to restraint from a particular behaviour, person or an…
SELF-AFFIRMATION
1. The behaviour of expressing a positive attitude towards to yourself. 2. Psychotherapy. A positive statement about ourselves that we…
SELF-TERMINATING SEARCH
A search that will end as soon as the target is found. Compare it with the exhaustive search.
SLEEP STAGES
4 cycle progression of electrical activity that is recorded by an EEC. Stage 1 is marked by drowsiness; stage 2…
SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
1. A viewpoint to mental health and health, politics, history and other areas of human experience that emphasises the environmental…
STATISTICS
Branch of mathematics that uses data descriptively and to infer and support answers to scientific questions.
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…