PATTERN RECOGNITION
1. the capacity to identify and acknowledge an involved whole containing, or embedded in, multiple independent components. Trend recognition isn't…
PCP INTOXICATION DELIRIUM
a reversible syndrome which grows over a short period of time subsequent to significant pcp consumption. It comprises disruption to…
PEDIGREE METHOD
the analysis of family history and genealogy as a way of tracing traits which may be hereditary. The technique was…
PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE
an uncommon, progressive degenerative disorder of the CNS characterized by non-deliberate, swift eye motions, muscular incoordination, and spasticity. It is…
PENTOBARBITAL
noun. a short-to intermediate-acting barbiturate previously in common utilization as a sedative and hypnotic drug. American brand name: Nembutal.
PERCENTILE REINFORCEMENT
with regard to operant conditioning, a process wherein the probability that a reaction will be supported relies on the reaction…
PERCEPTUAL SET
1. a transient readiness to understand particular items or occurrences instead of others. 2. a schema or frame of reference…
PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
anxiety correlated with the apprehension and fear of the consequences of not being capable of performing a job or of…
PERIPHERALISM
noun. the position of some behaviorists which stresses that occurrences at the periphery of a living being, like the laryngeal…
PERSECUTION DELUSIONAL DISORDER
a kind of delusional disorder wherein the central delusion is persecutory.
PERSONAL COMMITMENT
a person's following of an outlook, cause, or belief. Personal commitment doesn't automatically show social values, outlooks, or beliefs.
PERSONAL WEB PAGE
a home page wherein one's own desires for news, stock and sport data, and such may be shown. Such a…
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
a set of disorders involving pervasive trends of perceiving, corresponding to, and thinking about the surroundings and the self which…
PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY
the department of industrial and organizational psychology which deals with the choosing, assignment, training, promotion, assessment, and counseling of workers.
PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
in the DSM-IV-TR, a residual class consisting of pervasive growth-related disorders marked by handicapped growth of cultural interaction skills correlated…