PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING (PDP)
any design of cognition based upon the concept postulating that the symbolization of data is dispersed as patterns of activation…
PARANOIAC CHARACTER
a character style whose main trait is a propensity to blame their surroundings for their hardships.
PARAPHILIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
in the DSM-IV-TR, a residual class consisting of paraphilias.
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
one of two departments of the ANS, the other being the SNS. Structurally, it consist of the part of the…
PARENT IMAGE
a symbolization of the mother or father which exists in the mind of the person but not automatically as a…
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…
PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUE
the utilization of extremely fine-bore pipette microelectrodes, clamped via suction upon tiny spots of a neuron's plasma membrane, to document…
PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING
an impulse-control disorder marked by continual, maladaptive wagering, generating substantial interpersonal, occupational, or money-related troubles.
PATTERN CODING
the coding of data within sensory systems based upon the temporal trend of behavior potentials.
PAYTON, CAROLYN R
An American psychologist, Carolyn Payton is widely recognized as director of the Peace Corps in the late 1970's and as…
PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY
an interdisciplinary field of practice and research which confronts the interaction of physical behavioral, and feelings-based growth with wellbeing and…
PEER TUTORING
the teaching of one pupil by another one, who has expressed adequate competency in a subject to help another pupil…
PENNHURST CONSENT DECREE
a judicial decree mandating the closure of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the moving of…
PERCEIVED SIMULTANEITY
the integration of stimulants into a sole, aware percept in spite of minor discrepancies in their true time of arrival,…
PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a misguided comprehension which takes place whenever anxiety-eliciting stimulants are unconsciously skewed. If taboo terms…
PERCEPTUAL RIVALRY
the incompatibility of varying comprehensions of the same item. Whenever an ambiguous form allowing two varying perceptual interpretations is viewed,…