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The term Specific determines words that give clues to true-false items; "all", "always", "never", and "none" indicate false statements, while some, sometimes, and may indicate true statements.

Specific deterrence

Specific Deterrence refers to a goal of criminal sentencing which seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat c

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Specific phobia

Specific phobia refers to a marked irrational, unabating and persistent Fear of clearly discernible, noticeable, observable, or perceptible, circumscribed objects, activities or situations.

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Specification

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.

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Specificity

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.

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Spectatoring

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.

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Spectral cue

Spectral cue is a term used in hearing that refers to the distribution of frequencies reaching the ear that are associated with specific locations of a sound. The differences in frequencies are caused by interaction of sound with the listener ’s head and pinnae.

Spectrum disorder

Spectrum disorder please Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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