People and Society

Self-concept Self-concept—the way in which one perceives oneself—can be divided into categories, such as personal self-concept (facts or...

Self-conscious Emotions Succeeding or failing to meet the standards, rules, and goals of one’s group or society determines how well an i...

Self-esteem Psychologists who write about self-esteem generally discuss it in terms of two key components: the feeling of being loved a...

Self-fulfilling Prophecy One’s beliefs about other people determine how one acts towards them, and thus play a role in determining the b...

Self-help Groups Since the advent of managed health care and the cost-controls that have accompanied it, self-help groups have grown in...

Separation Anxiety Separation anxiety emerges according to a developmental timetable during the second half year in human infants. This ...

Serial Learning In some research on memory for words, the learner is exposed to stimuli to be remembered and later recalls those stimul...