SOCIAL INCENTIVE
an inducement to behave in an approved way that involves offering interpersonal rewards like acceptance, inclusion, approval that quality of…
SOCIAL REINFORCEMENT
a positive interpersonal stimulus like verbal praise, smile, touch or a sign of approval. Compare social punishment. See reinforcement.
SOCIOGENIC HYPOTHESIS
the ideal that social conditions are the major cause of mental and behavioural disorders.
STANDARD SCORE
the score that is obtained from an original score by subtracting the mean value of all scores in the batch…
STIMULUS-BOUND
Describes the behavior that occurs as a response to specific stimuli. To describe the behavior that occurs in response to…
SUBLIMATION
In the psychoanalytic theory, it is a defence method which result from the unacceptable aggressive and sexual drivers but it…
SUPPRESSIVE THERAPY
Type of therapy that is supposed to enforce patients individual protective mechanisms that act as a way of suppression, stronger.
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
the onset of this movement disorder is experienced when continuous use of antipsychotic drug is discontinued. Patients having Mood disorder…
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…
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…