Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Simple schizophrenia
Schizophrenia in which the chief symptoms are apathy and withdrawal.
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Simple phobia
An irrational fear caused by a specific object or situation.
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Simple mastectomy
Surgical removal of the breast tissue only. Treatment of breast cancer in which the breast, nipple, areola, and the involved overlying skin is removed.
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Simon-binet scale
Albert Binet and Thomas Simon were the first to develop a measurement of intelligence in 1905 is an intelligence quotient scale or measurement.
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Similarity effect
The tendency for people who are similar to become attracted to each other.
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Silicosis
A pulmonary disease caused by the inhalation of finely powdered silica or quartz. A disease of the lungs caused by inhaling silica dust from mining or stone-crushing operations. Form of pneumoconiosis produced by inhaling silica dust; common among sandblasters, some miners, and others who work with sand. Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of silica dust, often…
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Significant others
Persons in one’s life who have an influence upon the way one behaves: spouse, children, close friends and relatives, and coworkers. A person with whom a patient has a close relationship, which may or may not include relatives or a spouse.
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Significant human exposure levels
A health risk-assessment tool used to assist the health assessor in making determinations about human health risks by defining exposure levels believed to cause adverse health effects.
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Significant difference
In statistics, a difference that is unlikely to have occurred by chance.
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Signal-detection theory
A theory that asserts that the observers who are asked to detect the presence or absence of a stimulus try to decide whether an internal sensory experience should be attributed to back-ground noise or to a signal added to background noise.
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