Category: S

Systematic Sampling Systematic Sampling is a sampling strategy where participants are selected by taking every Nth person from a list. Let’s say…

Systematic Desensitization This is a form of treatment or therapy for phobias, fears, and aversions that people have. The premise is to…

Syntax How do you know what order words should be in when you speak or write sentences? You know how to order…

Synethesia Synethesia means “to perceive together” and is a condition in which a two senses are sensed at the same time, where…

Synapse The synapse is the entire junction between neurons, including the pre-synaptic neuron’s axon terminal, the synaptic cleft, and the dendrite of…

Sympathetic Nervous System Think about a time you’ve been in a really dangerous or frightening situation. In that situation your body responded…

Symbolic Function Substage In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the second stage is called preoperational thought and it has two substages: Symbolic…

Survey A survey is a method for collecting information or data as reported by individuals. This is a type of data collection…

Suppression Suppression is similar to repression, but there are some subtle differences. In repression, the person “unconsciously” pushes painful or difficult memories,…

Superordinate Goals Superordinate goals are goals that get people from opposing sides to come together and work toward a common end result.…