Substance Abuse Disorders

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SELF-ACTIVITY

The decision to carry out actions you have thought about yourself and not been told to do. Such activity is

SELF-DIFFERENTIATION

a tendency to see recognition for your own [personality and uniqueness in a group. To find out how I am

SELF-REGULATION

how we control our behaviour by self-monitoring desires as well as the desirable behaviour. Read about the self-control; self-management. Self-

SEQUENTIAL EFFECT

Choice-reaction tasks. It is the influence of a preceding trial on the performance of the current trail.

SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

a repeated measures design where a single person, group or sampling unit is observed over time. Also called intrasubject replication

SOCIAL CONTEXT

These are general environment or circumstances that are the social framework for interpersonal and individual behaviour.

SOCIAL INFLUENCE

an influence by a group in a social situation that has an influence on a person's behaviour. Social influence is

SOCIAL RESISTANCE

1. Group opposition to economic, political and social actions and policies of a society or government. 2. The subgroup opposition

SOCIOLOGY

the study of the origin, development, form and organisation of a human society.

STANDARDIZATION GROUP

a sample group to establish the norms for the population it is representing. It is also known as standardization sample.

STRANGULATED AFFECT

Is the physical symptom that is seen when a person inhibits a normal discharge of emotion. This theory was advanced

SUBLIMINAL PERSUASION

It is a method to present the information in a certain way that you can help the people to change

SURFACE TRAITS

sum of 35 individual traits that can be directly observed from the patient's conduct. These traits are consistent with not

TARGET BEHAVIOR

certain behaviour that has been chosen for modification.

SELF-ACTUALIZATION

The realisation of what you are capable of. Also called self-realisation. See humanistic psychology; Maslow's Motivational Hierarchy. By doing this,

SELF-DISCOVERY

a process of looking for your own identity. To discover what a one individual has in his personality and what

SELF-REINFORCEMENT

Rewarding ourselves for appropriate behaviour or attaining a goal. also called self-managed reinforcement.

SEROTONIN

A common monoamine neurotransmitter in the brain and central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract. It is synthesized from the dietary amino

SITUATIONAL ATTRIBUTION

1. Attribution theory. The attributes of your behaviour to the external or circumstantial causes. 2. The ascription of an event

SOCIAL CONTROL

1. The power of organisations, institutions and the laws of society to influence and regulate behaviour. 2. The impact of