PARANOID SYSTEM OF BELIEFS
delusional beliefs of persecution, referring to the self, grandeur, and the like.
PARAREACTION
noun. an irregular or magnified response to a fairly small incident, that might come to be the premise for a…
PARAVERBAL THERAPY
a technique of psychotherapy, posited in the 1970's for kids who have trouble corresponding verbally and are additionally impacted by…
PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION
any route of deliverance of a drug aside from that which goes through the digestive tract. These routes consist of…
PARIS MEDICAL SCHOOL
a group of physicians and pupils at the Salpetriere hospital in Paris, France, who advanced the research and hypotheses of…
PARTICIPATION
noun. 1. participating in an activity, generally one which involves other people in a shared endeavor. 2. the interaction of…
PASSIONFLOWER
noun. a climbing herb, Tassiflora incamata, belonging to the southeastern U.S. and other semi-tropical regions but also grown as an…
PASSIVE VOICE
with regard to language, the class of a verb utilized whenever the patient of the action presents as the grammatical…
PATHOGENESIS
the initialization and growth of a cognitive or physical illness or disease. Commonly referred to as noso-genesis.
PATTERNING THEORY OF TASTE CODING
a theory stating that every gustatory stimulant(s) invokes a different trend of neural activity from the taste-cell populace and that…
PEAK PERFORMANCE
a performance at the best level of a person's physical and cognitive abilities.
PENDULUM PROBLEM
a Piagetian job utilized to evaluate mental growth. The involved party is asked to work out what oversees the velocity…
PEPTIDE HORMONE
any hormone which is categorized chemically as a peptide. Peptide hormones are inclusive of adrenocorticotropic hormone, oxytocin, cholecystokinin, corticotropin-releasing hormone,…
PERCEPTIVE
adjective. depicting someone who is sensitive and discriminating, particularly in the judgment of individuals, art pieces, and so on.
PERCEPTUAL FILTERING
the procedure regarding centering attention upon a chosen subset of the vast number of sensory stimulants which exist at any…
PERCEPTUAL USER INTERFACE
an interface which would allow a computer system to perceive, comprehend, and react adequately to the facial expressions, talking, gestures…
PERFORMANCE IMAGERY
1. the utilization of imagery to cognitively re-develop all the sensations of a performance. 2. the utilization of imagery during…