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.
PERFORMANCE ROUTINE
a formerly established group of cognitive and physical actions followed during a performance which permit someone to preserve concentration, energy…
PERIPHERAL ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME
a syndrome seen in clients receiving mixes of agents with psychopharmacological impacts and because of the additive anticholinergic impacts upon…
PERMEABILITY
noun. the state of being permeable to dissolved compounds, liquids, or gases. A perfect membrane hasn't any permeability, but the…
PERSISTENCE OF VISION
a feeling of visual arousal which goes on briefly following the actual stimulant being eliminated, perhaps caused by consolidation delay…
PERSONAL EQUATION
1. the variation in performance credited to single variations. 2. historically, a variation in response time between two viewers.
PERSONALISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
a school of psychology wherein the main emphasis is on character as the center or root of psychology, the individuality…
PERSONALIZATION
noun. the modification or acclimation of something to make it particular to or more meaningful or proper for a specific…