PSYCHOMOTOR EPILEPSY
An archaic name for complex partial epilepsy, a condition where complex partial seizures are present.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL DRUGS
That class of drugs whose members are used to treat mental or behvioral disorders.
PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDERS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
The group of sexual disorders put into their own categories (and comprising disorders not covered by recognized diagnostic categories) in…
PSYCHOSURGERY
Psychosurgery is the use of surgical intervention in the course and treatment of psychological and neurological disorders. The philosophy behind…
PUBLICATION BIAS
The bias of interpretation of published results as opposed to those that have not been published.
PUNCTATE SENSITIVITY
The variation in the distribution of sense receptors within the skin. Some points will be more sensitive than others. For…
PURE WORD DEAFNESS
Pure word deafness describes a condition characterized by the inability to understand spoken language, but still comprehending nonverbal sound. Sufferers…
PURPOSIVISM
An explanation of actions or behaviors based on goals and purposes. of those being observed.
PRETERNATURAL
Preternatural phenomena are of a nature that they cannot be readily described and understood using the currently understood natural laws…
PRIMARY ABILITIES
Psychologist Louis L. Thurstone (1887-1955) first proposed in 1936 that there were primarily seven components of intelligence: Verbal Ability, Word…
PRIMARY DATA
The data first obtained through observation or experiment prior to analysis and statistical work up.
PRIMARY MASOCHISM
Theoretically, the part of the aggressive or death instinct directed inward to the individual after absorption and direction of a…
PRIMARY REPRESSION
A theory in Psychoanalysis that describes the first phase of repression. Ideas associated with instinctual desires are identified and prevented…
PRINCIPLE OF OPTIMAL STIMULATION
Theoretically, the principle of optimal stimulation explains the tendency of organisms to learn responses that lead to a preferred level…
PRIVATE SELF
The part of a person's awareness known only to themselves. The private self is the only one aware of true…