PROCESS OBSERVER
Whether formally assigner or simply assumed by one of its members, a process observer becomes tasked with observing the working…
PRODUCTIVE LOVE
Psychoanalytically, the ability of establishing close and interdependent relationships that respect individuality. Essential components include admirable qualities like respect, responsibility…
PROFILE ANALYSIS
A profile analysis is a multivariate statistical technique designed to compare groups of individuals using both the shape of their…
PROGRAM OUTCOME
Program Outcome is the total of all effects arising from the program's implementation.
PROJECT METHOD
The project method is designed to rely minimally on the teacher. This teaching structure is designed to allow students to…
PROPORTIONALITY
In the field of statistics, proportionality is the relationship between two variables under the conditions the one changes in constant…
PROSOCIAL AGGRESSION
That form of aggression that is called upon to halt or prevent a social wrong. As in tripping a person…
PROTANOMALY
A form of red color-blindness. Symptoms of which include malfunctioning red-sensitive cones in the retina. It is not a complete…
PROTOPATHIC SENSATION
The group of the most primary skin sensation like itching, cold or heat
PROXIMAL STIMULUS
Physical energy from a stimulus that then directly stimulates the sense organ or receptor in the organ.
PSEUDOASTHMA
A physical condition with symptoms suggest asthma, when no medical basis for asthma can be found.
PSEUDOISOCHROMATIC CHARTS
A chart used to test color blindness. The chart contains two colors that are distinguishable by normal eyesight but indistinguishable…
PSYCHIATRIC UNIT
A distinct unit within a general hospital charged with providing care to patients suffering acute psychiatrically disturbance. Psychiatric units include…
PSYCHIC TRAUMA
An experience so traumatic that it results in damage to the psyche, or mind as a whole. Sometimes seen in…
PSYCHODIAGNOSIS
A diagnostic technique for the determination of underlying factors in behavior and disordered behavior. Also, the diagnosis of disorder through…
PSYCHOGENIC HALLUCINATION
Different from physiological hallucinations, which can be brought on by drugs, alcohol or brain injury, a psychogenic hallucination is caused…
PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY
Pioneered by 1970's psychologists Shneidman and Earberow and medical examiner Murphy of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, psychological autopsy…
PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT
After consideration and planning, the best possible moment for an action to produce a desired effect on another individual. 2.…