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Stranger Anxiety Although many people might get anxious around strangers, this term refers to a developmental situation in which infants become anxious…

Strange Situation The Strange Situation is a test created by Mary Ainsworth to explore childhood attachments patterns. The procedure begins with the…

Storage No, this does not refer to the amount of space on your hard drive or in your closet, but it is…

Stimulants Stimulants are drugs that arouse or excite the nervous system and speed up bodily processes. Some types of stimulants include nicotene…

Stereotype We’re all someone what familiar with this term and know it’s not such a good thing, but do you know how…

Statistics Statistics are mathematical procedures used to describe numbers and to draw inferences from those numbers. For example, if a 100 point…

Statistical Significance This is a very important and common term in psychology, but one that many people have problems with. Technically, statistical…

Stanley Milgrim Stanley Milgram (1933 – 1984) was a Social Psychologist who is most well-known for conducting a series of controversial experiments…

Stanford-Binet Test Alfred Binet (in collaboration with Theodore Stanford) was instructed by the French government to design a test that would identify…

Standardization Consistency and objectivity of how tests are administered and scored. In order to compare one person to another on a test,…