PERSONAL-HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE
a survey which documents data about an individual's special skills, interests, extracurricular activities, home life, and any health-related, emotional, or…
PERSONALITY TEST
any tool utilized to assist in assessment of character or measuring of character traits. Personality tests might gather self-report information,…
PERSONOLOGY
noun. the analysis of personality from the holistic viewpoint, based upon the theory posing that someone
PHALLIC SADISM
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, violence which is correlated with the kid's phallic stage of psychosexual growth. The kid perceives…
PHARMACODYNAMIC TOLERANCE
a type of drug tolerance wherein the chemistry of the brain comes to be acclimated to the existence of the…
PHENELZINE
noun. a monoamine oxidase inhibitor which pumps out its antidepressant impacts by irreversibly typing itself to monoamine oxidase, thereby preventing…
PHILLIPS RATING SCALE OF PREMORBID ADJUSTMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
a way of studying the pre-morbid adaptation of clients afflicted by schizophrenia as part of a determination of their prognosis.…
PHOBIC ATTITUDE
postulated by American psychotherapy professional Frederick Fritz S. Peris, a behavioral trend obviously marked by disturbances in the consciousness of…
PHOTOPIC VISION
the kind of vision correlated with light levels during daytime. Photopic vision is mediated by retinal cones, while vision at…
PHTHISIC TYPE
a body type marked as flat-chested and thin, as from a wasting illness like TB.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA)
a licensed medical professional who renders care under the guidance of a supervising physician.
PHYSIOLOGICAL SALINE
a mixture of salt and water wherein the concentration of salt is 0.9% w/v, about equal in osmolarity to mammalian…
PICKWICKIAN SYNDROME
a syndrome marked by grotesque obesity correlated with cyanosis, muscle twitching, congestive heart failure, and hypersomnolence. These indicators are generally…
PIPER'S LAW
the standard that for a uniformly aroused retinal region peripheral to the fovea, the threshold for luminance is inversely proportional…