PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
the department of philosophy committed to the analysis and perception of science and its growth. It is regarded with such…
PHINEAS GAGE
someone, frequently depicted in introductory psychology texts and manuals, who was made a celebrity whenever a railroad tie passed through…
PHLEBOTOMY
noun. removal of blood from the body for reasons of diagnostic or therapy. This is typically attained by inserting a…
PHLEGMATIC TYPE
one of the initial constitutional body types based upon the four humors correlated with Hippocrates and depicted by Galen, who…
PHOBIC ANXIETY
anxiety which centers upon or is directed toward items or scenarios which symbolize the authentic fear but posit minimal if…
PHOBIC ATTITUDE
postulated by American psychotherapy professional Frederick Fritz S. Peris, a behavioral trend obviously marked by disturbances in the consciousness of…
PHOBIC CHARACTER
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, initially utilized by Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Fenichel, someone who is likely to cope with anxiety…
PHOBIC DISORDERS
in the DSM-lll. a set of disorders wherein the vital element is a continual, non-sensical fear of and consequent abstinence…
PHOCOMELIA
noun. congenital lacking or total absence of the proximal part of a appendage(s), the feet or hands being connected to…
PHOENIX HOUSE
an establishment committed to the remedying and preventing of substance abuse in teens and adults. It provides both outpatient and…
PHONASTHENIA
1. voice exhaustion, that might be credited to extensive use, general debilitation, or aging. 2. a breathy voice or tone.
PHONEME-GRAPHEME CORRESPONDENCE
the union between phonemes and their graphic symbolization within a specific language. A high degree of regularity in this communication…
PHONEMIC DISORDER
a disruption involving phonemes, the speech noises which differentiate terms from each other.