Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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SMART goals
SMART goals are a way of formulating goals so that they are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound.
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Social anxiety
Social anxiety disorder is a severe fear of being judged, scrutinized, embarrassed, or rejected by others.
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Social comparisons
Social comparison is the evaluation of yourself, your performance or characteristics by reference to other people.
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Social hyperscanning
Social hyperscanning is the excessive monitoring of other people's facial expressions, tone, gestures, and reactions for signals of judgment or…
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Social intelligence
Social intelligence is the ability to understand social situations, intentions, norms and relationships and to act appropriately among people.
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Social norms
Social norms are informal rules and expectations that influence the behavior of people in groups and societies.
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Social role
A social role is a set of expectations, behaviors and responsibilities assigned to a person occupying a specific position in…
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Socratic questions
Socratic questions are a way of inquiry that helps explore assumptions, evidence, consequences, and alternative interpretations.
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Solution functionality
Solution functionality is the degree to which the solution actually removes or reduces a problem in a specific context.
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Solution orientation
Solution orientation is a way of working that directs attention to possible steps, resources, and the desired state rather than…
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Somatization
Somatization is the expression or experience of mental difficulties through physical symptoms that cannot be fully explained by the state…
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Somatosensory cortex
The somatosensory cortex is an area of the cerebral cortex that processes information from the body, including: touch, pressure, pain,…
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Specifying the problem
Defining a problem means narrowing down a vague difficulty into a specific, testable description of a situation requiring action.
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Status games
Status games are behaviors used to gain, defend or demonstrate social position in a group.
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Stimulus
A stimulus is an event, signal, or change in the environment or in the body that can cause the body…
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Strategy
Strategy is a well-thought-out way of achieving a goal by selecting priorities, resources, sequence of actions and decision criteria.
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Strategy adjustment
Strategy adjustment is the selection of a course of action adequate to the goal, resources, constraints and type of problem.
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Strengthening
Reinforcement is the process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior through the consequences that follow it.
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Stress
Stress is a mental and physiological reaction to demands, threats or overloads that the body assesses as important.
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Stress factor
A stress factor is an event, condition, or stimulus that triggers a stress response or increases the body's workload.
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Stress hormones
Stress hormones are substances such as cortisol and adrenaline that help the body mobilize energy when faced with a challenge…
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Stress reaction
The stress response is the body's physiological and psychological response to demand, threat or overload.
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Striving
Striving is maintaining a course of action toward a goal, need, or value despite obstacles and changing conditions.
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Subconscious
Subconscious is a colloquial term for mental processes that operate outside of current, conscious awareness.
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Success criteria
Success criteria are clearly defined conditions by which you can recognize that an activity or project has achieved its intended…
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Sustainability
Balance is the dynamic balance between needs, responsibilities, resources and constraints.
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Sympathetic system
The sympathetic nervous system is a part of the autonomic nervous system that mobilizes the body to act, exercise and…
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Synapse
A synapse is a place of communication between neurons or between a neuron and an effector cell, where a signal…
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Synaptic density
Synaptic density refers to the number or density of synaptic connections in a specific area of neural tissue.
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System analysis
Systemic analysis examines phenomena as a network of connections, feedbacks and delays.
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