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Deutsch: Einzelfall / Español: Caso Único / Português: Caso Único / Français: Cas Unique / Italian: Caso Singolo

Single-case in the psychology context refers to a research design or therapeutic approach focusing on the detailed analysis and observation of a single individual or a single case. This method is particularly useful for studying rare conditions, testing new interventions, and gaining in-depth insights into specific psychological phenomena.

Single-Case Experimental Designs refer to a type of Research design which is most frequently used to evaluate the impact of a clinical treatment on the subject's problem. Single-Case

The Single-factor analysis of variance is a hypothesis test that evaluates the statistical significance of the mean differences among two or more sets of scores obtained from a single-factor multiple group design. Also known as one-way ANOVA.

Single-subject design refers to an experimental procedure in which one (1) person (subject) at a time is studied in both the experimental and control conditions.

The sinoatrial is a node (or SA node) specialized tissue located in the right atrium of the heart, that generates the electrical impulse to initiate the heartbeat.

Sitophobia is defined as the morbid aversion to food. Sitophobia is from the Greek word sito- meaning food + -phobia (fear or aversion).

Situational orgasmic disorder refers to orgasmic disorder in which the woman is able to have an orgasm in some situations, like while masturbating, but not in others, such as when having sexual intercourse.

situational phobia refers to anxiety involving enclosed places (for example, Claustrophobia) or public transportation (for example, fear of flying).