PROFILE MATCHING SYSTEM
A technique used in personnel hiring where an applicant's characteristics are compared to those of the ideal or typical employee…
PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH
When operating properly, programmed cell death is a process that allows surplus tissue cells to die and be disposed. Also,…
PROJECTED JEALOUSY
Behavior characterized by unfaithful partners, or those partners who would be unfaithful if given the opportunity projecting that infidelity onto…
PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
An action that is constructive, positive and beneficial to society as a whole. Prosocial behavior can benefit a single individual…
PROTANOPIA
A loss of color perception in the red area of the spectrum of visible light. In this condition there is…
PROTOPATHIC SYSTEM
The protopathic system is one of two somatosensory systems. It consists of nerve fibers from receptors that recognize and transmit…
PROXIMATE CAUSE
Proximate cause is the direct or apparently obvious cause of an event; directly produces the effect. For instance, a violent…
PSEUDOCOMMUNICATION
Pseudo communication refers to distorted attempts at communication using fragments of words and apparent gibberish. Some cases also include gestures.…
PSEUDOMEMORY
A false memory. A recollection of events that never actually happened. Pseudomemory differs from a memory that is simply inaccurate.…
PSYCHIATRIST
A highly trained physician who holds a specialty in diagnosing, treating and study of mental disorders. Training (in the United…
PSYCHING UP
A term used by athletes of all stripes. It refers to getting oneself ready for impending athletic competition. Akin to…
PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
An approach to treatment that features psychological and psychiatric factors when examining unconscious motives in the molding of personality, attitudes…
PSYCHOGENIC NEED
U.S. psychologist Henry Alexander Murray defined psychogenic need as concerned with emotional satisfaction in opposition to biological satisfaction. Such psychogenic…
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT
Any cognitive, emotional or behavioral performance of an individual that is below average.
PSYCHOLOGICAL NETWORK
A group of individual's in a person's life that offer emotional support and with whom the individual reacts on a…
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
The study of the relationship between psychological factors, the nervous system and the endocrine system as that relationship determines behavior…