PICTURE-WORLD TEST
a projective method for kids wherein the involved party composes a story about realistic scenes, adding items or figures as…
PILOT STUDY
a preemptive research project modeled to assess and change procedure in readying for a subsequent and more complex research project.…
PLAIN ENGLISH LAW 1
in some states within the U.S., a law necessitating lawyers to utilize less arcane, more easily understood language in drafting…
PLATONIC LOVE
a kind of love wherein there is no overt carnal behavior or wanting. The word stems from a misperception of…
PAIN SCALE
a standardized rating scale for judging the act of encountering pain. It might take the shape of oral self-depiction, numerical…
PALEOCORTEX
noun. cerebral cortex which possesses three to five cortical layers and is phylogenetically older than neocortex. It is primarily regarded…
PANTRY-CHECK TECHNIQUE
an analysis of the kitchen cabinets or shelves of households to gauge whether or not the subjects of advertising research…
PARACHLOROPHENYLALANINE
noun. a compound which inhibits the synthesis of serotonin from tryptophan, generating an elimination of serotonin from brain cells.
PARADOXICAL THINKING
cognition characterized by contradiction of common logical procedures. Even though this form of thinking can be correlated with skewed thought…
PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED CIRCUIT
an interactive network which includes many varied circuits at the same time to process the same stimulant. It is a…
PARAPHILIA
noun. in the DSM-IV-TR, a carnal disorder wherein unusual or strange fantasies or actions are required for carnal arousal.
PARASUICIDE
noun. a range of behaviors consisting of purposeful self-harm which lands short of taking one's life and might or might…
PARENT EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING (PET)
a group of standards rendering guidance for prosocial interactions between kids and parents corresponding to discipline, correspondence, and accountable unions.
PARENTS ANONYMOUS
a peer-led, professionally produced group for parents who desire to acquire more effective techniques of parenting, hence strengthening families and…
PARTIAL LIPODYSTROPHY
a lipid-metabolism disorder which is generally learned during infancy. There is a symmetric lack of adipose tissue in the facial…
PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION
a form of program assessment wherein the people who rendered a service also have a part in the assessment of…