PASSIVE TOUCH
a type of touch marked by sensory experiences which take place whenever the viewer doesn't engage in movement. With regard…
PENDULAR KNEE JERK
an irregular knee-jerk reflex seen in clients with a lesion of the cerebellum, wherein the leg keeps moving frequently following…
PERCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (PRS)
a memory system whose purpose is to recognize items and terms, permitting rapid identification of formerly encountered stimulants. Comprehensions are…
PERSON PERCEPTION
the procedures by which individuals think about, approve, and assess other individuals. An imperative factor of it is the attribution…
PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY
the department of industrial and organizational psychology which deals with the choosing, assignment, training, promotion, assessment, and counseling of workers.
PHENOMENON
noun. 1. a viewable occurrence or physical one. 2. with regard to philosophy, something interpreted by the senses. With regard…
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
the lowest level of Maslow's motivational hierarchy of needs, consisting of water, sleep, air, food, and other survival-based needs.
ACCENTUATION THEORY
Henri Tajfel's concept that points out a tendency to over-emphasize the differences between things belonging to different categories, and likewise,…
ACTION READINESS
a condition of readiness for action that is induced as a component of an emotional reaction and connected with such…
AD HOC CATEGORY
a classification created to satisfy a particular qualification or need, typically in the second it is required. For instance, one…
AFTERIMAGE
noun. The visual which stays present even after a stimulant ceases or is taken away. A positive doesn't happen very…
ALGOPSYCHALIA
noun. tangible aches acknowledged by the complainant as existing in a cognitive or emotional capacity rather than being of physical…
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
introduced by a German psychologist, Alois Alzheimer, an advanced illness of the brain stemming from large amounts of destruction of…
ANAL PERSONALITY
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a trend of character traits thought to result from the anal stage of psychosexual developing,…
ANTICIPATORY MOVEMENT
an instinctive movement based on (a) predicted changes in the environment (e.g., predictive smooth eye or hand movements to track…
APPARENT MOVEMENT
an illusion of motion or change of size that is cued by visual tricks. For example, a person sitting in…
APTITUDE-TREATMENT INTERACTION
a hypothesis that certain patterns of aptitudes respond better to certain sets of treatments. For example, people with higher spatial…