PSYCHOLEPSY
The acute onset of a major depressive event. Often associated with a bipolar disorder.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING MEDICAL CONDITION
Those psychological and/or behavioral factors adversely affecting the course, treatment or outcome of an existing medical condition. These factors range…
PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME
The subjective experience of the passage of time. The brain interprets both internal and external stimuli and processes that stimuli…
PSYCHOSEXUAL
An adjective for any aspect of sexuality in humans based on or being influenced by psychological factors. The opposite of…
PSYCHOSOMATIC
An approach to treatment that makes the assumption that the mind plays at least a partial role in all disease…
PSYCHOTICISM
A personality dimension with characteristics of aggression, aloofness, antisocial behavior and impulsive actions. The dimension demonstrates a susceptibility to psychotic…
PUBLIC SELF
The public self is the view of oneself by others as conveyed through public information, public action and interaction with…
PURPOSIVE BEHAVIORISM
A theory in cognitive learning that states that behavioral acts have an underlying purpose. And that all goals of the…
PRESYNAPTIC
A portion of a neuron from which neurotransmitter(s) are released via a synapse.
PREVERBAL CONSTRUCT
Proposed first by U.S psychologist George A. Kelly (1905 to 1967), a preverbal construct was conceptualized before language capabilities were…
PRIMAL TRAUMA
This theory in psychoanalysis states that the basis of neurosis and/or neurotic behavior is can be attributed to an early…
PRIMARY COPING
The enhancement of primary control; this next stage could include not only trying to control outside influences, but to eliminate…
PRIMARY INSOMNIA
According to DSM-IV-TR primary insomnia is a sleep disorder of consisting of difficulty in either initiation or maintenance of restorative…
PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT
Also referred to as unconditioned reinforcement, primary reinforcement is the process by which presentation of a stimulus following a response…