PERKY EFFECT
the propensity for an imagined stimulant to interfere with seeing a tangible objective stimulant whenever the imagined type is close…
PERSISTENCE
1. perseverance or recurrence of a specific action, procedure , or activity in spite of the ceasing of the originating…
PERSONAL DISTANCE ZONE
with regard to cultural psychology, the distance zone taken on by those engaging with friends and private acquaintances. It is…
PERSONALISM
noun. 1. the stance that character should be the central subject within the study of psychology. 2. a propensity to…
PERSONALITY TRAIT
a fairly steady, reliable, and enduring interior characteristic which is inferred from a trend of actions, outlooks, feelings, and habits…
PERSON-TO-PERSON RATING SCALE
a rating scale which contrasts traits of the person being rated with the traits of a the selecting group of…
PHALLIC STAGE
with regard to the traditional psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, the phase of psychosexual growth happening at around age 3,…
PHARMACODYNAMICS
noun. the analysis of the interactions of drugs with the receptors which are accountable for their acts upon the body.…
PHENTERMINE
noun. an appetite suppressant with a behavioral mechanism alike to amphetamines. Similar to other appetite suppressants, it is sufficient only…
PHOTOPIC-SENSITIVITY CURVE
a graph of visual threshold as an act of wavelength under light-adapted conditions. The peak of the human lies at…
PHYLOGENETIC PRINCIPLE
the theory positing that ontogeny recapitulates Pirn ogeny in the growth of a living being. With regard to humans, this…
PHYSICIAN-HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION (PHO)
an establishment developed, owned, and overseen by at least one hospital and group of doctors to attain payer contracts and…
PHYSIOLOGICAL ZERO
the temperature at which an item in contact with the skin feels neither cold nor warm, that being, around 32
PICTORIAL REALISM
a model standard positing that pictures on a visual display ought to match the cognitive design of the utilizer.