PARANOID-SCHIZOID POSITION
with regard to the object relations theory of Melanie Klein, the time from birth until the 6th month of life…
PARENTING STRESS INDEX (PSD
a tool utilized to analyze stress in mother-youth or father-youth interaction and to point out possibly dysfunctioning mothering or fathering…
PARTIAL CORRELATION
the association between two variables with the impact of at least one other variable on their interassociation statistically removed or…
PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP
a leadership style wherein followers are permitted to come to be engaged in decision-making and are rendered autonomy in performing…
PASSIVE ALGOLAGNIA
interest and satisfaction stemming from experiencing pain during carnal activity, that being, from being the masochist in a union involving…
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER
a personality disorder of long standing wherein ambivalence toward the self and other people is shown by such manners as…
PATHOGENIC FAMILY PATTERN
aversive or damaging family outlooks, principles, and behavior which lay the foundation for cognitive and behavioral disorder.
PAVLOV, IVAN PETROVICH
(1849-1936) A Russian physiologist. Ivan Pavlov attained a medical degree from the Military-Medical Academy of Saint Petersburg in 1833. He…
PEAK SHIFT
1. a phenomenon, observed in stimulus generalization, which takes place after discrimination training comprising two stimulants across a typical dimension.…
PEEPING TOM
slang for a voyeur, stemming from the term used to refer to a tailor who, in accordance with the to…
PENETRATING HEAD INJURY
a head trauma wherein an object, like a knife penetrates the brain.
PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL
the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.
PERCEPTUAL LEARNING
learning to understand the unions between stimulants and items in the surroundings or the variations among stimulants.
PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR COORDINATION
the employment of perceptually-gathered data in the management of continuing motions.