PURPOSIVISM
An explanation of actions or behaviors based on goals and purposes. of those being observed.
PRESSURE OF ACTIVITY
Usually manic in nature, pressure of activity refers to a client engaging in actions compelled by the mania.
PRICE WATERHOUSE V HOPKINS
The 1989 case decided by the U.S Supreme court. The justices ruled that any decision by an employer to hire…
PRIMARY AGING
Primary aging refers to the simple and fairly universal effects of biological aging. Examples being wrinkles, loss of muscle mass,…
PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE DEMENTIA
Primary Degenerative Dementia or DDD is described in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III as dementia that has…
PRIMARY MATERNAL PREOCCUPATION
British Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott postulated the theory that, immediately after giving birth, the mother becomes fixated with the infant to…
PRIMARY REWARD
A stimulus that addresses a primary need such as food to a hungry person or company for a lonely individual.
PRINCIPLE OF OPTIMAL STIMULATION
Theoretically, the principle of optimal stimulation explains the tendency of organisms to learn responses that lead to a preferred level…
PRIVATE SELF
The part of a person's awareness known only to themselves. The private self is the only one aware of true…
PROBABILITY SAMPLE
A probability sample is a sample taken from a population in a manner that assures that the likelihood of each…
PROBLEMATIC
An adjective describing a situation as having component problems that are difficult to resolve
PROCESS GOAL
The goal of improving a necessary action that optimizes performance. For instance making a factory worker better at laying out…
PROFESSIONAL-CLIENT SEXUAL RELATIONS
Professional-client sexual relations are a clear and very serious violation of professional boundaries. It occurs when a health care professional…
PROGRAM INTEGRITY
Program integrity defines the extent to which it (the program) has actually been delivered.
PROJECT HEAD START
Project Head Start was organized to be an enhancement for early child education for students from high-risk, inner-city, minority and…
PROMETHAZINE
Also known by its U.S. trade name, Phenegran. Promethazine is a neuroleptic and antihistamine. It is used to treat nausea,…