PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH
A concerted effort on the part of a community to ensure and enhance to opportunity for a healthy lifestyle for…
PUERPERIUM
The period between the end of labor and the return of the uterus to a normal condition.
PUZZLE BOX
A puzzle box is used in research and consists of a box with a latch or latches that a test…
PRESENTING
Animal behavior characterized by a female exposing her posterior to a male to facilitate mating.
PREVENTION RESEARCH
Research with the intent of a reduction of possible pathology, particularly in populations with a certain predisposition to that pathology,…
PRIMAL FANTASY
Theoretically, the many and varied fantasies children use to explain to themselves about sexual experience while too young to have…
PRIMARY CARETAKER STANDARD
Utilized in child custody disputes, the primary caretaker standard evaluates each parent and generally awards custody to that parent that…
PRIMARY GROUP
An individual's small group of friends or acquaintances that help foster and maintain their attitudes, social mores and values.
PRIMARY PERSONALITY
In regards to an individual with dissociative identity disorder, primary personality refers to the original personality and not to any…
PRIMARY TASTE
Primary taste is the idea that the sense of taste is actually composed of a range of tastes such as…
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
Statistically, a technique that completely reproduces an interrelationship amongst many correlated variables with a smaller number of "principle components" that…
PROBABILISTIC FUNCTIONALISM
As put forth in the proposal by U.S. psychologist Egon Brunswick, the theory of probabilistic functionalism proposes that environmental cues…
PROBLEM BEHAVIOR
Behavior that is determined to be destructive, antisocial or against the common good.
PROCEDURAL MEMORY
Procedural memory is defined as long-term memory of the skills required. Often procedural memory is easier shown than explained. For…
PROECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR
Behavior that actively promotes the quality of nature and the environment. For example, proecological behavior includes such activities as recycling…