PRINCIPLE OF DISTRIBUTED REPETITIONS
A learning concept that states that repeating of material should be spread out over time as opposed to being compacted…
PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
Typically smaller in regards to patients than a public hospital, a private mental hospital is staffed and operated by a…
PROBABILITY LEARNING
Probability learning is a principle that states the probability of a response tends to reflect the probability of the reinforcement.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Problem solving is a process for individual's to overcome a specific problem. That process, simply, begins at a starting point…
PROCESS EVALUATION
Evaluating the process. This in-house function consists of an evaluator joining in on the process to assess the effectiveness of…
PROCYCLIDINE
U.S. trade name: Kemadrin. Procyclidine is a drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and drug-induced extrapyratmidal effects.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Professional standards are those standards requiring a level of performance required for a set position.
PROGRAM FOR LEARNING IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEEDS (PLAN)
Developed by the teacher in cooperation with the student, a program for learning in accordance with needs is a program…
PROGRESSIVELY DISTRIBUTED PROCESS
Used in memory studies, progressively distributed process refers to a technique in which the interval of time between repetitions is…
PROPENSITY ANALYSIS
Used to account for group differences on a set of variables, propensity analysis is a statistical approach and is an…
PROPRIETY STANDARDS
Legal and ethical standards for a research study. Examples would be formal agreements between parties involved in the study and…
PROSTHETIST
A member of the health profession specializing the design, manufacture, fitting and maintenance of artificial body parts.
PROVOCATIVE TESTING
a testing regimen designed to deliberately provoke symptoms of the presenting condition in a patient for evaluation. This can be…
PSEUDOHYDROCEPHALUS
Where the head of a subject appears abnormally large but subsequent measurement proves otherwise.
PSEUDOSCIENCE
A supposed science with some resemblance to legitimate scientific structure, but due to peer review and scientific scrutiny simply cannot…
PSYCHIATRIC CLASSIFICATION
The recognized grouping of mental disorders into diagnostic categories. The grouping is catalogued in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…