PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA (PPFA)
an establishment which encourages full reproductive and complementary medical services- advocates public policy which guarantees everyone has such services available…
PLANTAR REFLEX
the reflex of the flexing of the toes whenever the sole of someone's feet are stroked.
PLANUM TEMPORALE
a part of the brain's superior temporal cortex, across from the primary auditory cortex, which comprises a portion of Wernicke's…
PLASTIC SURGERY
a department of surgery which specializes in the restoration, rebuilding, and correcting of injured or diseased tissue to better the…
PLASTIC TONUS
a state of voluntary muscles so that an appendage can be passively moved into positions which are held constant, at…
PLASTICITY
flexibility and acclimatability. Plasticity of the hormonal or nervous systems makes learning and registering new experiences possible. Early experiences can…
PLATEAU'S SPIRAL
a stimulant utilized to cultivate a vivid movement aftereffect which contains a black and white spiral rotated around its core…
PLATONIC IDEALISM
a general philosophical viewpoint stemming both directly and indirectly from the writings of Plato, which postulate that the phenomena of…
PLATONIC LOVE
a kind of love wherein there is no overt carnal behavior or wanting. The word stems from a misperception of…
PLATYKURTIC
depicting a distribution of scores flatter than a normal distribution, that being, having more scores at the extremes and less…
PLAUSIBLE RIVAL HYPOTHESIS
a proposition which renders a logical alternative to the research hypothesis being examined.
PLAY GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY
a method utilized in group therapy for preschool and early elementary school kids. Materials of multiple types are utilized to…
PLAY THERAPY
the utilization of play activities and materials in child psychotherapy. Play-therapy methods are based upon the theory positing that such…
PLAYACTING
dramatic play wherein kids, adolescents, or adults take various parts. In the procedure , the engaged parties try out relationships-…
PLAYFULNESS
noun. the propensity to see the light or bright side of life, to joke with other people, and not to…
PLAYGROUND DESIGN
the model of recreational areas for kids, that can impact their play behavior.