PUSH SWITCH
a switch consisting of a single or set of buttons that can be pressed with almost any part of the…
PYRIFORM AREA (PIRIFORM AREA)
Also referred to as the olfactory cortex, the Pyriform area is located at the base of the medial temporal lobe.…
PRESENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER'S TYPE (PDAT)
An outdated label for Alzheimer's type dementia before the patient's 65th birthday.
PRESSURE SPOT
Particularly sensitive points or locales on the body that respond to pressure stimuli.
PRETEST-POSTTEST DESIGN
The determination of who should be given treatment or control conditions and how those treatments or control situations affected the…
PRIMARY ATTENTION
Requiring no conscious effort on an individual's part, primary attention is the attention one shows to a powerful stimulus. i.e.…
PRIMARY EMOTION
Universally accepted and recognized emotions. These include love, hate, joy and surprise.
PRIMARY MICROCEPHALY
A birth disorder primarily evidenced only by microcephaly. The face, while normal-sized, is accompanied by a small cranial cavity with…
PRIMARY SKIN SENSES
Like primary colors, primary skin senses are the basic senses felt by the skin. They are: heat, cold, pressure and…
PRINCIPLED NEGOTIATION
Principled negotiations have as their goal an honest and fair resolution of an issue regardless of interpersonal relations between the…
PRIVILEGED ACCESS
The ability of an individual to experience their relationship with their private, subjective experiences. Those experienced being accessible only to…
PROBLEMS IN LIVING
Those concrete and identifiable problems patients with chronic mental conditions face in daily life. These could include problems keeping a…
PROCESS RESEARCH
Process research looks at the process used in various psychological mechanisms of psychotherapy in relation to their influence on the…
PRODUCTIVE ORIENTATION
Psychoanalytically, a description of a personality possessed by an individual who is able to develop and apply their potential without…
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…