The object of DISPLACED aggression. In Biblical times the Israelites sent a pure white goat out to die in the wilderness once a year, on the Day of Atonement. carrying the sins of the people with it. Modem scapegoats are individuals or groups who are blamed for the frustrations of society which are in fact none of their making.

A form of FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR applied to oneself (one’s SELF).

The act of remembering something, recalling it from LONG- TERM MEMORY.

The branch of PSYCHOLOGY that deals with the world of work. It includes selection, training, job satisfaction, the environment, the organisation, human relationships in the job and ERGONOMICS.

A phobia of technology.

A squint, produced by lack of coordination of the eye muscles which does not permit both eyes to focus on the same point.

A Hebrew word whose pronunciation was used by one of the ancient tribes of Israel as a password and is used now to denote evidence of one’s being ‘in the know’ or belonging to an ‘in’ group.

The division of a society into well-defined social classes.

Someone’s position in society in relation to, and as determined by other people.

BEHAVIOUR expected of all the members of a society. The NORM of social behaviour is therefore one definition of social normality.