PARENTAL PERPLEXITY
a mother-youth or father-youth union characterized by an absence of parental spontaneity, severe indecisiveness, and an incapacity to recognize and…
PARIETAL LOBE
1 of the 4 primary lobes of each cerebral hemisphere. It takes up the upper central region of each hemisphere,…
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a…
PASSIVE TOUCH
a type of touch marked by sensory experiences which take place whenever the viewer doesn't engage in movement. With regard…
PATTERNED INTERVIEW
a kind of interview, frequently utilized in personnel choosing, which is modeled to cover specified particular regions, but at the…
PEAK CLIPPING
the ridding of high-amplitude parts of speech waves by way of electronics, resulting in some loss of quality but minimal,…
PEPSINOGEN
the precursor of pepsin, a proteolytic enzyme required for protein synthesis. It is dispersed by the stomach's gastric glands and…
PERCEPTION DEAFNESS
incapacity to examine or understand sounds normally, because of some disability of the inner ear or auditory nerve pathways going…
PERCEPTUAL EXTINCTION
an impact of lesions in the parieto-occipital area on one side of the brain wherein a stimulant, generally visual or…
PERCEPTUAL TRAINING
a way of bettering a person's capacity to understand perceived items or occurrences in concrete terms.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
1. Reference: performance review. 2. usually, any procedure of comparing the predicted, planned, or desired degree of achievement or results…
PERIODICITY
the state of repeating more or less on a regular basis, that being, at intervals.
PERITRAUMATIC DISSOCIATION
a temporary dissociative experience which takes place at or near the time of a traumatic occurrence. Those impacted might feel…