Glossary S

Glossary S

Sensitive periods refer to a period of time during which good and bad environmental influences on Development are heightened, thus providing enhanced opportunities to learn.

Deutsch: Sensibilität / Español: Sensibilidad / Português: Sensibilidade / Français: Sensibilité / Italiano: Sensibilità

Sensitivity in psychology refers to the capacity to perceive, process, and respond to stimuli or emotional information from one's environment. This includes the ability to detect subtle cues and changes, both internally within oneself and externally among others.

So, sensitivity describes how sensitive a test is in measuring a particular neuropsychological construct.

Sensorimotor intelligence is a term used in Piaget's theory of development, the first stage of cognitive growth, during which schemes are built on sensory and motor experiences.

Sensory refers to nerve messages coming into the brain.

Sensory gating refers to the person's ability to filter sensory input.

Sensory impairment refers to a loss or absence of ability to hear or see, but not necessarily a complete loss.

- Sensory Motor Stage (0 - 24 months) (Piaget) : Sensory Motor Stage (0 - 24 months) refers to the first of the four (4) stages Piaget uses to define cognitive development.

Sensory reception is a kind of perception that occurs through a process known as transduction in which stimuli are converted into nerve impulses, which are then relayed to the brain.