PSYCHOGENIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDER
A disorder mimicking heart disease, but without underlying cardio-pulmonary disease. Symptoms of chest pain, rapid heart beat or chest tightness…
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Interpretation and integration of gathered data to come to a conclusion regarding the psychological and physiological state of a particular…
PSYCHOLOGICAL MASQUERADE
A medical condition that match the presentation of a psychological disorder: for example, epilepsy Alzheimer's or brain tumor.
PSYCHOLOGISM
The perspective that holds a single component or combination of components of the following: 1. The rules of logic are…
PSYCHOMOTOR HALLUCINATION
A hallucination where it seems to the sufferer that parts of their body are moving to different areas in the…
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
The study of drugs used in psychology. Especially looking at their effect regarding mental, emotional and behavioral factors. These drugs…
PSYCHOSEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
A category of sexual disorders in DSM-III. Psychosexual Dysfunction is simply referred to as "sexual dysfunction in DSM-IV-TR
PSYCHOSYNTHESIS
Carl Jung referred to this as the "constructive approach". Basically it is an attempt to unify the various components of…
P-TECHNIQUE FACTOR ANALYSIS
An analysis of the time period (x) time period correlation. The variables are not correlated over individuals but rather over…
PUBLICATION ETHICS
Publication ethics are rules of conduct generally agreed upon when publishing results of scientific research or other scholarly work. Generally…
PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM
In evolutionary theory, the periods of rapid change leading to development of new species are extended over a time line…
PURE-STIMULUS ACT
A response that does not impel an organism closer to its goal, but serves as a stimulus for other response(s).…
PURSUIT ROTOR
Used to test visual-motor coordination, a device with a small target area embedded in a disk. The person being tested…
PYRAMIDAL TRACT
The pyramidal tract is the primary pathway used by motor neurons originating in the motor area of the cerebral cortex.…
PRESSURE OF ACTIVITY
Usually manic in nature, pressure of activity refers to a client engaging in actions compelled by the mania.
PRICE WATERHOUSE V HOPKINS
The 1989 case decided by the U.S Supreme court. The justices ruled that any decision by an employer to hire…
PRIMARY AGING
Primary aging refers to the simple and fairly universal effects of biological aging. Examples being wrinkles, loss of muscle mass,…
PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE DEMENTIA
Primary Degenerative Dementia or DDD is described in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III as dementia that has…
PRIMARY MATERNAL PREOCCUPATION
British Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott postulated the theory that, immediately after giving birth, the mother becomes fixated with the infant to…