SYMBOLIC PROCESS
process of thinking where certain ideas, pictures or other mental statement acts as intermediary of thought. This term is commonly…
SELF-AWARENESS
1. see self-understanding. 2. seen in animal behaviour. To know about one's self. Human beings are more likely to be…
SELF-HANDICAPPING
Psychological technique where a person lessens a chance of a good performance because they expect to fail. It is done…
SELF-SERVING BIAS
how we interpret an event in a way that gives us credit for success and denies any responsibility for failure.…
SEXUAL TRAUMA
It is a disturbing experiences relating to sex, such as rape and other sex offences. It is just like a…
SLEEPER EFFECT
the impact of a persuasive message that increases over time. It involves close scrutiny of the message and a cue…
SOCIAL DESIRABILITY
1. The extent that a person is considered to be a valuable member of a social group. 2. The bias…
SOCIAL LIMITATION
restriction attributed to social policy or barriers that will limit a person's fulfilment of roles or deny people access to…
SPECIFICITY
1. the quality of being unique from everything else. 2. A probability that a person will test negative for a…
STEREOTYPE
a set of generalisations about a group of people or a social category. It may correct or incorrect. Mostly, these…
STROBOSCOPIC ILLUSION
Is a perceptual illusion which is experienced while seeing the still images. This illusion makes a person feel like still…
SUBTHERAPEUTIC DOSE
Dosage of the medicine that will not provide desired result. sometimes done in order to get contrary result. basically not…
TEAM MENTAL MODEL
a common mental model of all team members. It represents the mental capabilities, tasks relevance and attributes of all team…
SELF-IMAGE
how we see ourselves and gives us a sense of our personality and our success in relationships and our wellbeing.…
SELF-STATEMENT MODIFICATION
a technique to change bad ideas about ourselves that have been uncovered in cognitive behaviour therapy. See self-instructional training.
SHALLOW AFFECT
impairment in ability to react emotionally, even in times of intense feeling. See flat affect.