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Status effect — For the usage of the term buff in relation to game updates, see Nerf (video gaming). In role playing games, a status effect is a temporary modification to a game character’s original set of stats that usually comes into play when special powers… … Wikipedia
status ailment — noun A negative status effect that adversely affects the afflicted character (such as poison, blind, mute) … Wiktionary
status attainment — status attainment, status attainment theory An extensive literature investigating how educational achievements and other indicators of skill and ability translate into jobs ranked according to socio economic status or prestige . The classic… … Dictionary of sociology
Status attainment — or status attainment theory deals largely with one’s position in society, or class. Status attainment is affected by both achieved factors, such as educational attainment, and ascribed factors, such as family income. It is achieved by a… … Wikipedia
Status dynamic psychotherapy — [1] (“SDT”) is an approach to psychotherapy that was created by Peter G. Ossorio at the University of Colorado in the late 1960s as part of a larger system known as Descriptive Psychology, and that has subsequently been developed by other… … Wikipedia
Status inconsistency — is a situation where an individual s social positions have both positive and negative influences on his or her social status. For example, a teacher may have a positive societal image (respect, prestige) which increases his or her status but may… … Wikipedia
Status Anxiety — (ISBN 0 375 42083 5) is a nonfiction book by Alain de Botton. It was first published in 2004 by Hamish Hamilton; subsequent publications have been by Penguin Books. Status Anxiety discusses the desire of people in many modern societies to climb… … Wikipedia
Status quo bias — The status quo bias is a cognitive bias for the status quo; in other words, people tend not to change an established behaviour unless the incentive to change is compelling. The finding has been observed in many fields, including political science … Wikipedia
status — noun 1 (C, U) the legal position or condition of a person, group, country etc: What is her immigration status? | Don t accept any money if it will effect your amateur status. | marital status (=whether you are married or not): Please state your… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Status of special relativity — Special relativity (SR) is usually concerned with the behaviour of objects and observers (inertial reference systems) which remain at rest or are moving at a constant velocity. In this case, the observer is said to be in an inertial frame of… … Wikipedia
