PATTERN RECOGNITION
1. the capacity to identify and acknowledge an involved whole containing, or embedded in, multiple independent components. Trend recognition isn't…
PERCEPTUAL CYCLE HYPOTHESIS
the theory that cognition impacts perceptual exploration but is thereby changed by real-world encounters, cultivating a cycle of attention, cognition,…
PERIPHERAL ROUTE TO PERSUASION
the procedure wherein outlooks are cultivated or altered as a result of utilizing peripheral cues instead of cautiously examining and…
PHANTOM-LOVER SYNDROME
a kind of erotic delusion exaggerated around an individual who doesn't really exist.
PHOTOPIGMENT
noun. a substance in a retinal rod or retinal cone which interacts with light to initiate a chemical cascade resulting…
PLACE LEARNING
1. the learning of physical positions or locations of objectives. 2. with regard to conditioning, learning a correlation between a…
DEGRADED STIMULUS
A stimulus, visual or auditory that has had a noise added to it that makes it harder to percieve.
DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN
A pattern revealed by a population variable such as birth and death rates, income, medical health etc.
DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW
The interview with the mental health professional looking at a person's problems and situations.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF
An ability of a person to maintain identity, belief and feelings while being pressured to do otherwise.
DISCRETE VARIABLE
A random variable that is not continuous and has a small number of values.
DIVIDED CONSCIOUSNESS
State where more than one mental activity is being carried out.See dual task competition.
EGO STRENGTH
Psychoanalytical theory.The ability of the ego to maintainthe effective balance between inner id impulses and outer reality.