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.
PRIMARY CARE PSYCHOLOGY
Primary Care Psychology is designed to provide psychological services within the setting of a clinic, private or public hospital or…
PRIMARY GAINS
The psychoanalytical theory that states some patients get primary gain from possessing neurotic symptoms. The very symptoms themselves relieve them…
PRIMARY ORGASMIC DYSFUNCTION
A dysfunction comparable to primary erectile dysfunction in men, primary orgasmic dysfunction describe a dysfunction in which a woman has…
PRIMARY TASK
Ergonomically speaking, when one has a multi-task assignment, the primary task is the one that takes priority. That is, it…
PRIMORDIAL PANIC
Also referred to as elementary anxiety, primordial panic is a reaction composed of fright and anger by schizophrenic children. It…