PARASEXUALITY
noun. any type of carnal actions not consisting of average carnal acts performed with a consenting adult partner or normal…
PASTORAL COUNSELING
a type of counseling or psychotherapy wherein knowledge and standards stemming from the disciplines of theology and the behavioral sciences…
PERCEPTUAL STYLE
the typical way that someone attends to, chooses, changes, and perceives sensory stimulants. Some hold the belief that perceptual operations…
PERSONAL DATA SHEET
a survey modeled to attain biographical information about an individual, consisting of age, gender, education, profession, interests, and health history.
PHI PHENOMENON
1. an illusion of obvious motion observed whenever two lights flash off and on about 150 m apart from one…
PIAGETIAN TASK
any one of a multitude of jobs cultivated by Jean Piaget to evaluate the mental skills of infants, kids, or…
DECONTEXTUALIZATION
Process of examining or interpreting something that is separate from the context in which it is embedded.
DELAYED EFFECT
An effect that is not seen until some time after the event. See causal latency- remote cause.
DIDACTIC TEACHING
1. A technique used in therapy where both verbal and written information is given to clients.2. Part of a graduate…
DISTRIBUTED PRACTICE
Learning procedure where periods of learning are separated by periods of lebgthy periods of rest. Also called distribution of practice-…
DUAL CODING THEORY
1.Lingusitics. Theory that an input represented in memory as a word and a picture is more readily recalled than a…
DYNAMIC SYSTEM
A system where a change in one part will influence all of the interrelated parts. Closely related to chaos theory.