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PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT

a style of management which consists of participative leadership and participative decision-making.

PASSIVE AVOIDANCE

a form of operant conditioning wherein the person must abstain from a graphic act or reaction which will generate a

PASSIVE-AVOIDANCE LEARNING

a typically utilizes misnomer for punishment. It is generally utilized in scenarios wherein the action which is punished takes place

PATHOGNOMONIC

adjective. 1. depicting a sign, indication, or a set of signs or indicators which is symptomatic of a particular physical

PATIENT-CLIENT ISSUE

the problem of how to recognize the person receiving psychological services or intervention. Psychiatrists, multiple clinical psychologists, and some other

PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING

founded by Ivan Pavlov, a form of acquisition wherein an initially neutral stimulant, the conditioned stimulus, whenever coupled with a

PECKING ORDER

a generally linear chain of power, status, and privilege which surpasses all others in some establishments and cultural groups. The

PEER COUNSELING

counseling by someone who has a status equal to that of the patient.

PENETRATION

the introduction of the penis into the vagina. In the U.S., legal definitions in instances of rape or illicit sex

PERCEPTUAL ANCHORING

1. the procedure wherein the factors of a stimulant are comprehended as being relative to another, anchoring, stimulant. 2. Reference:

PERCEPTUAL LOCALIZATION

the capacity to identify the physical locale of a stimulant.

PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR LEARNING

the acquiring of a skill which necessitates connecting the perceptual discrimination of imperative stimulants with adequate motor reactions.

PERFORMANCE TEST

any challenge of capacity necessitating mainly motor, instead of verbal, reactions.

PERIPHERAL CUE

an aspect exterior to the merits of an argument which can be utilized to supply a fairly low-effort premise for

PERMEABLE FAMILY

a more fluid and pliable form of the nuclear family which some sociologists consider to be an emerging standard in

PERSISTENT PUBERISM

a condition wherein secondary carnal traits come to be paused in growth and people stay in effect pubescent for the

PERSONAL FABLE

a belief in one's differences and invulnerability, that is an indicator of adolescent egocentrism and might continue further into one's

PERSONALITY

noun. the configuration of personality traits and actions which includes a person's individual acclimation to life, inclusive of primary traits,

PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION

1. teaching centered upon the precise level of pupils' needs in a subject, regardless of curriculum or grade assignments 2.