Glossary S

Deutsch: Schüchternheit / Español: Timidez / Português: Timidez / Français: Timidité / Italian: Timidezza

Shyness in the psychology context refers to a feeling of apprehension, discomfort, or inhibition in social situations. It is characterized by a tendency to avoid social interactions or to feel anxious and awkward when these interactions are unavoidable. Shyness can affect people of all ages and can range from mild to severe.

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SI is the abbreviations of Shock incarceration, a short-term, high-intensity confinement intended to shock convicts into disciplined lifestyles.

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SIB is the abbreviations of Self-injurious Behavior referring to severe and sometimes life-threatening acts that cause damage to the subject"s own body, such as head banging,

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Sickle cell anemia refers to a group of inheritable genetic conditions in which there is an abnormality of the hemoglobin - the protein in the red blood cells that carries oxygen to the various organs of the body.

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SIECUS (abbreviations of Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States) is an organization devoted to fostering sex education.

Sight words refer to the words a child can recognize on sight without aid of phonics or other word-attack skills.

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Sigmund Freud (Austrian, 1856–1939) refers to a neuroscientist in the late 1890's, who was the first to draw attention to the possibility that illness could have psychological causes.

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Sign refers to the affective, behavioral, and emotional manifestations of conditions that are objectively observed by the clinician for diagnostic use. Traditional assessment uses a "sign" approach to testing, the goal of which is to identify marks of underlying characteristics. Sign is commonly defined as "something" that represents something else, usually in an abstract, arbitrary way; for example, a word for an object.

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