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…
PRESENT STATE EXAMINATION (PSE)
PSE, or Present State Examination, is the use of an interview to
PREVENTION
A strategy designed to reduce or eliminate the occurrence of disease, disorders and/or social problems. Prevention could be focused on…
PRIMAL ANXIETY
Also known as primal trauma, primal anxiety is the theory in psychoanalysis that states this basic form of anxiety is…
PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER (PCP)
A primary care provider, also known as a PCP or primary physician offers the first amount of care once a…
PRIMARY ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
A sexual dysfunction characterized by a make having never achieved sufficient erection to engage in sexual intercourse.
PRIMARY NARCISSISM
A theory that describes the earliest form of narcissism. The infant's immediate libidal concern is its own body rather that…
PRIMARY SYMPTOMS
Also known as fundamental symptoms, primary symptoms are directly tied to a specified disorder. They form the basis of the…
PRIMITIVIZATION
Austrian psychoanalyst Enst Kris was the first to theorize that, in traumatic neuroses, a subject's higher ego functions like objective…