POWERLESSNESS
a state of mind wherein people feel they have no control over or effect on aspects or occurrences which impact…
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
a field of psychological theory and research which centers upon the psychological states, personal characteristics and strengths, and cultural institutions…
POSITIVE SELF-REGARD
an outlook of self-esteem or self-value. Positive self-regard is frequently sought as an objective in remediation and is nurtured by…
PRECIPITATING CAUSE
the specific aspect, at times, a distressing or damaging experience, which is the immediate cause of a cognitive or physical…
POSITIVE SELF-TALK
the covert expression of concepts which encourage the development of an ideal performance state and are driving or self-enhancing.
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY
an index of how well a test corresponds to a variant which is gauged in the future, at a time…
POSITIVE TRANSFERENCE
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, displacement onto the therapy professional of emotions of idealization, love, attachment, or other good feelings…
POSITIVIST CRIMINOLOGY
an approach which attempts to explain criminal actions not as an exercise of free will or of one's choosing, but…
PREDICTOR VARIABLE
with regard to regression analysis, a variant which might be utilized to foretell the value of another variant- that being,…
POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME
continual, pervasive modifications in mental skills and emotional operating which take place as an outcome of diffuse trauma to the…
PREDISPOSITION
noun. 1. a vulnerability to forming a disorder or illness, the actual growth of which is started by the interaction…
MENTAL ABILITIES
describes the abilities of- spatial visualization, perceptual speed, number facility, verbal comprehension, word fluency, memory, inductive reasoning as measured by…
MIDLIFE CRISIS
typically occurs between the ages of 45 to 60 and is gender non-specific. There is no one biological reason for…
MOOD-DEPENDENT MEMORY
is a theory which suggests the rate at which a memory can be retrieved is dependent on the mood the…
NAIVE PARTICIPANT
is a participant to a study which is not aware of the experimental hypothesis and who has not participated in…
NEUROTIC DEPRESSION
defines any major depressive episode which is without psychotic features.
OBJECTIVE SCORING
scoring an examination by way of a formula or key, so that varied scorers will come to the exact same…