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PLATEAU'S SPIRAL

a stimulant utilized to cultivate a vivid movement aftereffect which contains a black and white spiral rotated around its core

PAIN PERCEPTION

the understanding of physiological pain, generally invoked by stimulants which elicit or threaten to elicit tissue injury. Commonly referred to

PALEOCEREBELLUM

1. a phylogenetically old portion of the cerebellum, consisting of the majority of the vermis and the cerebellar pyramids. It

PALPITATION

a swift heartbeat correlated with an anxiety attack, too much stress, or physical over-exertion.

PANTOMIME

noun. 1. a display of emotions and outlooks by way of gestures instead of words. 2. a non-verbal therapeutic method,

PARACENTRAL VISION

a type of vision which utilizes the retinal area immediately encompassing, but not consisting of, the fovea centralis.

PARADOXICAL TECHNIQUE

a therapeutic method wherein a patient is guided by the therapy professional to keep engaging in unfavored symptomatic behavior, and

PARALLAX

noun. an illusion of motion of items in the visual region whenever the head is moved horizontally. Objects past an

PARAMIMISM

noun. a gesture or other motion which has a connotation to the client although other people might not comprehend its

PARAPHEMIA

1. a talking disorder characterized by the continual introduction of improper terms or by the meaningless mixture of terms.

PARASOMNIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

in the DSM-IV- TR, a diagnostic class reserved for sleep disruptions which are marked by irregular behavior or physiological occurrences

PARENT COUNSELING

occupational advice of parents on troubles concerning raising their kids, consisting of their own roles in this task.

PARENT-OFFSPRING CONFLICT

a problem which arises whenever parents stop rendering care for present offspring and invest in having the next group of

PAROLE

noun. 1. with regard to psychology and psychiatry, a type of sustaining provision of a people whose remediation is necessitated

PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES

a variation on multiple regression examination modeled for the development of predictive designs whenever there are several very interrelated predictor

PARTICIPATORY ERGONOMICS

a procedure wherein workers at all levels within an establishment are actively and directly engaged in building or bettering ergonomic

PASSIVE EUTHANASIA

the voluntary withholding of remediation which may extend the life of a person who is nearing death. It is differentiated

PASSIVITY

noun. a type of adaptation, or maladaptation, wherein the person takes on a trend of submissiveness, reliance, and retreat into

PATHOLOGICAL AGING

modifications which take place due to age-based illness, as independent from modifications correlated with typical healthy aging.

PATRICIDE

noun. 1. the killing of one's own father. 2. a person who kills their own father.