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PSYCHOMETRIC

An adjective based on psychometric characteristics.

PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The study of the relationship between psychological factors, the nervous system and the endocrine system as that relationship determines behavior

PSYCHOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

The intrinsic factors (pitch, saturation, etc.) of a stimulus.

PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH

The emphasis on social and cultural influences in psychological theory, research and practices.

PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy is a service provided by a trained psychotherapist in an effort to recognize and treat mental, emotional and behavioral

PUBESCENCE

The time of the biological passage into puberty.

PUER AETERNUS

The concept of the eternal youth as introduced by Jung.

PUNITIVE DAMAGES

In civil law, the amount of money awarded to a plaintive and to be paid by the defendant. The amount

PURKINJE FIGURES

The visual recognition of one's own retinal blood vessels. Possible by shining a bright light through the sclera of the

PUSH-DOWN STACK

A model used to illustrate memory. The model compares memory to a stack of cafeteria trays. New pieces of memory

PYROGEN

Any agent whose action is to raise body temperature.

PRESENILITY

A form of dementia that typically manifests itself prior to a patient's 65th birthday.

PRESSURED SPEECH

Pressured speech can be associated with mania and usually manifests as uncontrolled

PREVALENCE

A numerical value showing the total incidents of diseases or disorders in a specific population during a specific time-frame (called

PRIMACY EFFECT

The Primacy Effect is characterized by a tendency on the part of an observer to be more influenced by items

PRIMARY CARE

Primary care is the first course of care once a patient decides to seek help from a hospital, clinic or

PRIMARY ENVIRONMENT

The environment that is basic to a person's life, allowing essential human interactions to occur. Examples would be a home,

PRIMARY MOTIVATION

Motivation created by a primary need.

PRIMARY STUTTERING

A slight degeneration in the fluency of speech in young children. It is not accompanied by the presence of stress

PRIMITIVE SUPEREGO

A concept first presented by British psychoanalyst James Strachey, this theory identifies primitive superego as an early form of superego