Glossary S
Glossary S
Deutsch: Spezifikation / Español: Especificación / Português: Especificação / Français: Spécification / Italian: Specificazione
Specification in the psychology context generally refers to the detailed description and delineation of the variables, conditions, procedures, and criteria used in psychological research and practice. This term is crucial in ensuring clarity, precision, and reproducibility in psychological studies and interventions.
Deutsch: Spezifität / Español: Especificidad / Português: Especificidade / Français: Spécificité / Italian: Specificità
Specificity in the psychology context refers to the precision and distinctiveness with which psychological concepts, measurements, or treatments are defined, applied, and interpreted. It involves ensuring that terms, processes, and interventions are clearly specified and targeted to particular psychological phenomena or populations.
Spectatoring refers to the experience in which a person feels unduly self -conscious during sexual activity, as if evaluating and monitoring his/her performance during the sexual encounter.
Moreover, Spectatoring means acting as an observer or judge of one’s own sexual performance.
Deutsch: Spekulation / Español: Especulación / Português: Especulação / Français: Spéculation / Italiano: Speculazione /
In psychology, speculation refers to the act of forming a hypothesis or a theory based on limited or incomplete information. It involves making assumptions or guesses about the possible causes, outcomes, or underlying mechanisms of a particular phenomenon or behavior. Speculation is an essential component of scientific inquiry and can drive research and generate new ideas. However, it can also lead to unfounded beliefs, biases, and errors if not approached with caution.
Deutsch: Sprache / Español: Habla / Português: Fala / Français: Discours / Italiano: Linguaggio /
Speech refers to the communication or expression of thoughts, desires and intentions via spoken words.
Gerry Philipsen constructed the Speech Codes Theory while doing social work in a Chicago community where he worked, called "Teamsterville". He got interested originally in communication practices after reading an article entitled "The Ethnography of Speaking."