PUBERTY RITE
Sometimes referred to as rite of passage, a puberty rite is an initiation ceremony into adulthood in a tribe or…
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
In civil law, the amount of money awarded to a plaintive and to be paid by the defendant. The amount…
PURKINJE FIGURES
The visual recognition of one's own retinal blood vessels. Possible by shining a bright light through the sclera of the…
PUSH-DOWN STACK
A model used to illustrate memory. The model compares memory to a stack of cafeteria trays. New pieces of memory…
PRESSURE ULCER
A region of dead tissue resulting from cells being killed by prolonged pressure.
PRETRIAL PUBLICITY
Newspaper, television, radio and internet coverage that may or may not lead prospective jurors to form an opinion on guilt…
PRIMA FACIE
The literal Latin translation of Prima Facie is "first face". Prima facie describes evidence that is regarded as strong enough…
PRIMARY BEHAVIOR DISORDER
Primary behavior disorder refers to various problematic behaviors on the part of children and teens. These can be relatively benign…
PRIMARY EMPATHY
A strategy in therapies that are client-centered in which the therapist makes a conscious effort to experience a situation in…
PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY AREA (SI)
The primary somatosensory area is located in the cerebral cortex of the brain. It is associated with the first stage…
PRIMITIVE DEFENSE MECHANISM
Psychoanalytically, the theory of protection against anxiety connected with the death instinct. Primitive defense mechanism have been identified as such…
PRINCIPLED STAGE
The second stage in the post-conventional level of moral development, In which people are guided by their individual conscience, principles…
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION
Privileged communication is information (verbally or written) passed between an individual and another tasked with their care and maintenance. Such…
PROBLEM-SOLVING INTERVIEW
During personnel selection, the problem-solving interview is a way of ascertaining the interviewee's ability to address and solve any specific…
PROCESS SCHIZOPHRENIA
Process Schizophrenia begins early in a patient's life and develops gradually and is believed to have a biological underpinning. The…