Stranger Anxiety Although many people might get anxious around strangers, this term refers to a developmental situation in which infants become anxious …
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Strange Situation The Strange Situation is a test created by Mary Ainsworth to explore childhood attachments patterns. The procedure begins with the …
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Storage No, this does not refer to the amount of space on your hard drive or in your closet, but it is …
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Stimulants Stimulants are drugs that arouse or excite the nervous system and speed up bodily processes. Some types of stimulants include nicotene …
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Stereotype We’re all someone what familiar with this term and know it’s not such a good thing, but do you know how …
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Statistics Statistics are mathematical procedures used to describe numbers and to draw inferences from those numbers. For example, if a 100 point …
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Statistical Significance This is a very important and common term in psychology, but one that many people have problems with. Technically, statistical …
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Stanley Milgrim Stanley Milgram (1933 – 1984) was a Social Psychologist who is most well-known for conducting a series of controversial experiments …
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Stanford-Binet Test Alfred Binet (in collaboration with Theodore Stanford) was instructed by the French government to design a test that would identify …
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Standardization Consistency and objectivity of how tests are administered and scored. In order to compare one person to another on a test, …