PRIMARY CORTEX
Any region of the cerebral cortex that receives information from sensory receptors or communicates with muscles for action. Examples are:…
PRIMARY RELATIONSHIP
One's closest relationship. The one relationship the individual deems important enough to invest large amounts of time, energy and physical…
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…