PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS
A class of drugs with significant effect on thinking, perception, emotion and other psychological processes. Psychoactive drugs are sometimes taken…
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy strong on psychoanalytical tradition; viewing individuals as reacting to unconscious forces. Common traits of the psychodynamic approach are an…
PSYCHOGENIC PRURITUS
A skin condition accompanied by severe itching that is impervious to treatment. It is often found in anxious, depress or…
PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
The opinion that most psychological phenomena are determined by outside forces out of the control of the individual experiencing them.…
PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD (PRP)
The period of time following a response to a given second stimulus, when it is presented only a short period…
PSYCHOMETRIC SOCIETY
The professional organization established to promote the application and improvement of quantitative measurement in psychology.
PSYCHONOMIC SOCIETY
The professional organization created in 1959 to promote laboratory and scientific experimental development of psychology.
PSYCHOPHYSICS
A physiological branch studying the relationships between stimuli and sensory processes. The study is influenced by stimulus magnitude and differences.
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 1
Erik Erikson was the first to formulate the theory that personality development is a process influenced by many factors throughout…
PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
Describing, explaining and evaluating psychotherapeutic techniques utilizing scientific methods.
PUBLIC DISTANCE ZONE
A term in social psychology, it is the zone of comfort adopted by an individual when interacting with others in…
PUERPERAL DISORDER
Occurring during the time between the end of labor and the return of the uterus to a nonpregnant state, Puerperal…
PUPILLARY REFLEX
The automatic change in size of the pupil in response to light. The pupil dilates in low light and constricts…
PREVENTION DESIGN
Designing tools with the intent of a) reducing injury or error during operation and b) to enhance their ease of…
PRIMAL DEPRESSION
Early childhood depression supposedly brought on by distant or missing parents. The expression is today considered obsolete.