Category: S
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Semantic rules
Rules in grammar that have to do with meaning.
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Semantic recoding
In reading, the process of translation from spelling to meanings.
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Semantic memory
Memory as knowing.
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Semantic integration
Incorporation of new information into the context of what a person already knows.
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Semantic generalization
A form of mediated generalization that occurs because of similarity in meaning between the original conditioned stimulus and the new test stimulus.
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Semantic feature
The smallest significant unit of meaning within a word, semantic memory; semantics.
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Semantic differential
A self-report inventory requiring the respondent to rate each concept in one of seven positions between a number of polar objectives.
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Semans technique
A method developed by Semans for treating premature ejaculation in which the male signals his partner to stop stimulation when he feels the urge to ejaculate and signals when it is time to resume stimulation.
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Sella turcica
A saddle-like prominence on the upper surface of the sphenoid bone in which the hypophysis lies. A hollow in the upper surface of the sphenoid bone in which the pituitary gland sits. Concavity on the inside portion of the skull, in the sphenoid bone, that houses the pituitary gland. A depression in the body of…
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Self-theory
The personality theory that uses the self-concept as the integrating core of personality organization and function.