PRIMARY CIRCULAR REACTION
In Jean Piaget's theory regarding cognitive development, the primary circular reaction occurs approximately between six weeks and four months of…
PRIMARY PREVENTION
A regimen of programs and research with the main goal of promoting physical, behavioral and mental health in the nonclinical…
PRIMARY TERRITORY
As defined in social psychology, primary territory is a locale controlled and defined by a person or group that uses…
PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT FACTOR ANALYSIS
In factor analysis, the initial community estimate is set to 1 for each variable. This is a method of factor…
PRISONER OF WAR (POW)
A prisoner of war is a person held by the opposing side in a military conflict. They are often subjected…
PROBLEM CHECKLIST
A list of personal, social, learning or vocational problems. The subject is asked to identify those that apply to him…
PROCHLORPERAZINE
Brand name Compazine, prochlorpezine is a low-potency drug for the treatment of nausea and vomiting and has been used as…
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continuing education and training required by those in a chosen profession. Such training and education are usually offered by the…
PROGRESSIVE SEMANTIC DEMENTIA
A dementia defined by the loss of understanding for abstract or higher level verbal constructs, especially those having to do…
PROJECTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
A treatment procedure developed by U.S. psychologist Molly Harrower. The procedure by which a psychotherapies uses selected responses on various…
PROPAGANDA
A social control method designed to either reinforce or alter an existing opinion of the general public. The highly biased…
PROPOXYPHENE
Propoxyphene is a synthetic opoioid. In relation to codeine, approximately half as effective in pain control. Usually formulated with an…
PROSPECTIVE SAMPLING
This sampling method chooses subjects after they have been exposed to a risk factor. The subjects are then followed to…
PROTEIN METABOLISM
The manufacture and breakdown of proteins. Proteins are broken down into amino acids as part of the basic turnover of…
PROUST PHENOMENON
Named for French writer Marcel Proust, the Proust phenomenon is the sudden occurrence of a powerful memory. The memory is…