SATIETY MECHANISM
Processes or systems within the body which are responsible for the regulation of food or fluid consumption. See also: appetitive…
SECONDARY TERRITORY
Area regularly made use of by an individual or group of people who do not have sole possession or control…
SELECTIVE LEARNING
Understanding how to make just one of various potential reactions or knowing about one stimulus when many stimuli are offered.…
PRETRIAL PUBLICITY
Newspaper, television, radio and internet coverage that may or may not lead prospective jurors to form an opinion on guilt…
PRIMARY PREVENTION
A regimen of programs and research with the main goal of promoting physical, behavioral and mental health in the nonclinical…
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
A professional manager occupies a managerial position with an organization and is set apart from other managers by being given…
PROTECTIVE REFLEX
Also called protective response, protective reflex describes the reflexive withdrawal of the body or parts of the body from either…
PSYCHIC APPARATUS
Sigmund Freud divided this psychoanalytical theory into unconscious, preconscious and conscious areas and later revised the terminology to include id,…
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Interpretation and integration of gathered data to come to a conclusion regarding the psychological and physiological state of a particular…
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The scientific study of mental disorder(s). The field covers the theory, research, diagnosis and treatment of psychological diseases. It is…
RADICAL BEHAVIORISM
Radical behaviorism is the school of thought that behavior, rather than consciousness should be the primary topic for study when…
REACH ENVELOPE
The area that an operator of a machine or tool can reach while sitting or standing during the task. It…
REALISTIC THINKING
Realistic thinking is encapsulated thinking processes grounded in an honest appraisal of all relevant data and conditions in different situations.…
REFERENTIAL SIGNAL
Indications provided by an animal which appear to supply information regarding certain environmental events and objects.
RELATEDNESS
Reciprocity of factors like trust and empathy between two or more individuals in a relationship.