PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS
an international establishment supplying shared social support, educational programs, and activities for single parents and their kids.
PARTIAL REINFORCEMENT EFFECT
(PRE) accelerated resistance to extinction after occasional reinforcement instead of after continuous reinforcement. Commonly referred to as partial reinforcement extinction…
PARTICULARISM
noun. with regard to philosophy, a solution to the alleged criterion problem, that postulates that one can't know if one…
PASSIVE LISTENING
with regard to psychotherapy and counseling, attentive listening by a counselor or therapy professional without impeding upon or disrupting the…
PASTORAL COUNSELING
a type of counseling or psychotherapy wherein knowledge and standards stemming from the disciplines of theology and the behavioral sciences…
PATHOLOGICAL FALLACY
an error of over-generalization wherein pathological traits seen in one person or in a limited set of people are extrapolated…
PAYOFF MATRIX
a table or schedule which lists the advantages and costs stemming from each potential route of action which could be…
PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT
the usually typical and predictable flow of pedestrian traffic in a public place, like a shopping mall, plaza, or road…
PEER REVIEW
the assessment of scientific or academic piece, like research or written pieces turned into journals for publishing, by other skilled…
PENIS ENVY
with regard to the classic psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, the hypothesized favoring of girls and women to have a…
PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY
postulated by Albert Bandura as a primary determinant of emotional and motivational conditions and behavioral change, a person's subjective comprehension…
PERCEPTUAL CYCLE HYPOTHESIS
the theory that cognition impacts perceptual exploration but is thereby changed by real-world encounters, cultivating a cycle of attention, cognition,…
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
a request posed to the judge during voir dire posing that a prospective member of the jury be removed, allowing…
PERIAMYGDALOID CORTEX
an ill-defined area encompassing the amygdala of the brain which is correlated with the sense of smell. The proportion of…
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS)
the part of the nervous system which resides exterior to the cranium and spinal column, that being, all portions exterior…
PERMISSIVENESS WITH AFFECTION
a societal principle which approves premarital intercourse for both males and females, as long as the pairs have a steady,…