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Semistructured interviews

Semistructured interviews refer to interviews that include specific questions designed to elicit information in a relatively consistent manner regardless of who is doing the interview

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Sender

Deutsch: Sender / Español: emisor / Português: emissor / Français: émetteur / Italiano: emittente

In the psychology context, a sender refers to the individual or entity that initiates a communication by transmitting a message to another person or group, known as the receiver. This concept is central to understanding communication processes in fields such as social psychology, communication theory, and interpersonal relationships.

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Senility

Senility refers to the generalised characterisation of progressive decline in mental functioning as a condition of the aging process.

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Senior

Deutsch: Senior / Español: Sénior / Português: Sênior / Français: Sénior / Italiano: Senior

Senior in psychology refers to an individual who has reached an advanced stage in life, often associated with older adulthood or later developmental stages. In this context, it can also refer to someone with advanced experience, expertise, or status in a specific field. The term is used in various subfields of psychology, including developmental psychology, gerontology, and organisational psychology.

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Sensate focus

Sensate focus refers to a method of treatment for sexual dysfunctions that involves the partners' taking turns stimulating each other in non-sexual but affectionate ways at first, then gradually progressing over a period of time toward genital stimulation.

Sensate focus exercise

Sensate focus exercise refers to a part of the sex therapy developed by Masters and Johnson in which one partner caresses the other, the other communicates what is pleasurable, and where there are no performance demands.

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Sensation

Deutsch: Empfindung / Español: Sensación / Português: Sensação / Français: Sensation / Italiano: Sensazione

A Sensation is one of the basic senses of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling and negative sensations that may include headaches, dizziness, numbness, stomach trouble, hallucinations, or sexual disturbances.

Sensation in the psychology context refers to the initial process of detecting and responding to environmental stimuli through the sensory organs. It involves the conversion of physical energy from the environment into electrical energy that can be processed by the brain. Sensation is the foundational step in perception, where raw sensory input is interpreted to form a coherent understanding of the world around us.

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Sensationalism

Deutsch: Sensationalismus / Español: Sensacionalismo / Português: Sensacionalismo / Français: Sensationalisme / Italiano: Sensazionalismo /

Sensationalism in the context of psychology refers to the exaggerated or sensational presentation of information or events with the aim of arousing strong emotional reactions, often at the expense of accuracy and objectivity. It exploits people's emotional responses, such as fear, shock, or excitement, to capture attention and generate interest. While sensationalism is commonly associated with media and journalism, it can also manifest in personal interactions and social media. In this article, we will explore the concept of sensationalism in psychology, provide examples, discuss its risks and application areas, offer recommendations for dealing with sensationalism, briefly touch on historical and legal aspects, and conclude with a list of similar psychological concepts.

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