PROTEAN CAREER
In contrast to the traditional concept of a career path, the protean career is more personally based, calling upon a…
PROXIMATE EXPLANATION
An explanation of behavior cast in terms of physiological factors or of developmental experience.
PSEUDOCOMMUNITY
An imaginary group of persons believed in delusions to be conspiring against and focusing negative energies toward a paranoid individual.
PSEUDOMOTIVATION
A justification for earlier behavior. Often seen in schizophrenia, the individual using the pseudo motivation may be unaware of the…
PSI-HITTING
Performance on parapsychology experiment testing that is far above chance expectations.
PSYCHIATRY
The specific study trained for by a psychiatrist. A psychiatrist trains with the thought in mind that biological causes are…
PSYCHING UP
A term used by athletes of all stripes. It refers to getting oneself ready for impending athletic competition. Akin to…
PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
An approach to treatment that features psychological and psychiatric factors when examining unconscious motives in the molding of personality, attitudes…
PSYCHOGENIC NEED
U.S. psychologist Henry Alexander Murray defined psychogenic need as concerned with emotional satisfaction in opposition to biological satisfaction. Such psychogenic…
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT
Any cognitive, emotional or behavioral performance of an individual that is below average.
PSYCHOLOGICAL NETWORK
A group of individual's in a person's life that offer emotional support and with whom the individual reacts on a…
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
The study of the relationship between psychological factors, the nervous system and the endocrine system as that relationship determines behavior…
PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH
The emphasis on social and cultural influences in psychological theory, research and practices.
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy is a service provided by a trained psychotherapist in an effort to recognize and treat mental, emotional and behavioral…
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
In civil law, the amount of money awarded to a plaintive and to be paid by the defendant. The amount…