PARESTHESIA
noun. an irregular skin feeling, like burning, tingling, itching, tickling, or pricking, in the absence of exterior arousal. Paresthesia might…
PARTIALISM
noun. a form of paraphilia wherein a individual attains carnal gratification from contact with a body part of the carnal…
PASSIVE REHEARSAL
a method for storing data in short-term memory wherein a person comprises few individual, different objects for each rehearsal set.
PATERNALISM
a policy or outlook wherein those having power over other people extend this power into areas generally left to personal…
PATHOLOGICAL LYING
a continual, compulsive propensity to tell lies out of proportion to any obvious benefit which can be reached.
PATTERN MATRIX
with regard to factor analysis, the matrix of regression-like weights which dictate the values of the manifest variants with regard…
PCP INTOXICATION
a reversible syndrome stemming from recent ingestion of PCP. It comprises clinically substantial behavioral or psychological modifications, in addition to…
PEG-WORD MNEMONIC SYSTEM
a mnemonic method utilized to recall lists, wherein each object is correlated in imagination with a number-word pair.
PENROSE TRIANGLE
a 3-D impossible shape consisting of three bars, each at right angle to the adjacent bar, which seem to make…
PERCENTILE
noun. the position of a score in a distribution coded to show the percentage of instances within the batch which…
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.…
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.