PARAGENITAL
adjective. corresponding to carnal intercourse wherein conception is inhibited.
PARALLEL FIBER
any of the axons of the granule cells which make up the cerebellar cortex's most exterior layer.
PARATAXIC DISTORTION
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a skewed understanding or judgment of other people on the premise of past encounters or…
PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING
a remediation method based upon the standards of operant conditioning. Parents use antecedents, behaviors, and punishments to alter youth and…
PARERGASIA
1. an indicator of schizophrenia wherein the person engages in an action which isn't aimed for. 2. a previous term…
PAROXETINE
noun. an antidepressant of the SSRI category. It is presently one of the most frequently rendered antidepressants. Alike to other…
PARTIAL REPORT
a type of testing memory wherein only some of the complete information shown is to be recollected.
PART-LIST CUING INHIBITION
with regard to a remember test, disability of the ability to remember individual objects if some of the other objects…
PASSIVE MANAGEMENT BY EXCEPTION
a method of management wherein the manager only interrupts processes and takes over if subordinates aren't successful at meeting work…
PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUE
the utilization of extremely fine-bore pipette microelectrodes, clamped via suction upon tiny spots of a neuron's plasma membrane, to document…
PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING
an impulse-control disorder marked by continual, maladaptive wagering, generating substantial interpersonal, occupational, or money-related troubles.
PATTERN CODING
the coding of data within sensory systems based upon the temporal trend of behavior potentials.
PAYTON, CAROLYN R
An American psychologist, Carolyn Payton is widely recognized as director of the Peace Corps in the late 1970's and as…
PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY
an interdisciplinary field of practice and research which confronts the interaction of physical behavioral, and feelings-based growth with wellbeing and…
PEER TUTORING
the teaching of one pupil by another one, who has expressed adequate competency in a subject to help another pupil…
PENNHURST CONSENT DECREE
a judicial decree mandating the closure of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the moving of…
PERCEIVED SIMULTANEITY
the integration of stimulants into a sole, aware percept in spite of minor discrepancies in their true time of arrival,…
PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a misguided comprehension which takes place whenever anxiety-eliciting stimulants are unconsciously skewed. If taboo terms…