SELECTIVE RETENTION
Variance between people in the ability to recall specific incidents pertaining to the vividness, accuracy and reliability, amount, and particular…
PRICE-QUALITY RELATIONSHIP
Simply put, the price quality relationship says that consumer perception is that the higher the price of an item, the…
PRIMARY TERRITORY
As defined in social psychology, primary territory is a locale controlled and defined by a person or group that uses…
PROBLEM ISOMORPHS
Some problems have identical underlying structure and they require basically the same means to a solution. However, they may vary…
PROGRAM MONITORING
Program Monitoring uses key indicators to measure performance of a program. The regularity and purposes of monitoring vary widely from…
PROTOTYPICALITY
The degree to which an item is an exemplar of the category of which it is a member.
PSYCHIC HEALING
Psychic Healing is the treatment of mental and/or physical maladies by spiritual means such as crystals.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
The opposite of organic factors, functional factors contribute to the development of personality, maintain health and well-being and the structure…
PSYCHOSCIENCE
A science dealing with mind, function and behavior. Also a science dealing with mental diseases and disorders and their treatment.
PURPOSEFUL BEHAVIOR
Behavior that has a particular and recognized goal in mind. The behavior that will aid in achieving that goal.
RANDOMIZED-GROUP DESIGN
A design used in experimentation in which the subjects are randomly assigned to either a control group or experimental group…
REACTIVE AGGRESSION
A physical act committed with little consideration of the consequences. Generally the act is associated with intent to harm and…
REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD
A standard established to establish whether or not a particular act or conduct constitutes sexual harassment. The basis of the…
RECOGNITION MEMORY TEST (RMT)
A memory test, consisting of both verbal and nonverbal components, used to determine whether neuropsychological deficiencies exist. Subtests include both…
REFLECTIVITY-IMPULSIVITY
Known as cognitive tempo, a cognitive approach that defines the extent to which a subject differs in their ability to…
RELATIONSHIP ROLE
Identifiable role taken on by a member of a group in order to achieve interpersonal harmony within the group. Also…
REMOTE MEMORY
Recollection of events and details from the distant past. See also: long term memory.
RESIDUAL VISION
Visual process which is generally nonconscious, usually spared when conscious vision is lost due to primary visual (striate) cortex damage.