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PERCEPTION OF SPATIAL RELATIONS

a consciousness of the general location of items in space.

PERCEPTUAL FIELD

with regard to gestalt psychology, the entirety of the surroundings which someone understands at a specific time- that being, all

PERCEPTUAL TRANSFORMATION

1. any change in a percept generated by (i) an addition to, elimination from, or modification in a physical stimulant

PERFORMANCE GOAL

1. with regard to the motivational theory of American personality psychologist Carol Dweck, the objective of showing other people who

PERIODICITY THEORY

the theory posing that pitch is encoded within the temporal anatomy of the neural reactions to noises, particularly in the

PERIVENTRICULAR WHITE MATTER

tissue comprised majorly of myelinated nerve fibers which encompasses the lateral cerebral ventricles.

PERSEVERATIVE ERROR

the ongoing repetition of an error.

PERSONAL DISJUNCTION

a person's feeling or interpretation of dislikeness or discrepancy between what is or may be and the true reality or

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

PET 1

abbreviated form: mother or father effectiveness training. 2. acronym for: positron emission tomography.

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

PHENOTYPE

noun. the viewable traits of someone, like biochemical or morphological traits and the absence or existence of a specific illness

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

PHONICS

1. a way of teaching reading, commonly known as sounding out, which is based upon the noises of the letters

PHOTISM

noun. 1. a false interpretation or hallucination of light. 2. a type of synesthesia wherein light or color sensations take