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PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

the learning of sensory skills during physical and psychological growth.

PERFORMANCE

noun. 1. any activity or gathering of reactions which leads to an outcome or has an impact on the surroundings.

PERIMETER

noun. a hemispherical tool utilized to plot the limits of the visual region. Someone is seated within the hemisphere and

PERIPHERAL VISION

vision rendered by retinal arousal significantly exterior to fovea centralis.

PERPHENAZINE

a typical antipsychotic drug belonging to the piperazine phenothiazine category. It is utilized for the remediation of schizophrenia, and its

PERSONAL AUDIT

a written or oral interview or survey modeled to elicit people to evaluate their own private strengths and shortcomings.

PERSONAL UNCONSCIOUS

with regard to Carl Jung's analytic psychology, the part of each person

PERSONALITY DISINTEGRATION

a swift breakdown in character, cohesion, and operating, generally due to specifically distressing life scenarios.

PERSONNEL DATA

1. data on newly hired workers gathered from application forms, interviews, employment tests, physical exams, and letters of reference, to

PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (PDDNOS)

in the DSM-IV-TR, a residual class consisting of pervasive growth-related disorders marked by handicapped growth of cultural interaction skills correlated

PHAKOSCOPE (PHACOSCOPE)

noun. A tool which allows the shape of the eye's lens to be viewed, in addition to the modifications in

PHANTOM

noun. 1. an illusion without tangible substance. 2. the sensation that a body part or limb which has been amputated,

PHASE LOCKING

the propensity for a neural action potential to take place at a particular stage of a pure-tone stimulant. Typically, an

PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY

an approach to personality theory which places queries of peoples' present experiences of themselves and their world at the core

PHEROMONE

noun. an exterior chemical messenger which impacts and alters the behavior of other members within the same species. Commonly referred

PHLEBOTOMY

noun. removal of blood from the body for reasons of diagnostic or therapy. This is typically attained by inserting a

PHONEMIC DISORDER

a disruption involving phonemes, the speech noises which differentiate terms from each other.

PHONOSURGERY

noun. surgical intervention to preserve or better the voice or the ease with which phonation takes place. The word is

PHOTON

noun. 1. someone quantum of electromagnetic radiation.