PAYTON, CAROLYN R
An American psychologist, Carolyn Payton is widely recognized as director of the Peace Corps in the late 1970's and as…
PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY
an interdisciplinary field of practice and research which confronts the interaction of physical behavioral, and feelings-based growth with wellbeing and…
PEER TUTORING
the teaching of one pupil by another one, who has expressed adequate competency in a subject to help another pupil…
PENNHURST CONSENT DECREE
a judicial decree mandating the closure of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the moving of…
PERCEIVED SIMULTANEITY
the integration of stimulants into a sole, aware percept in spite of minor discrepancies in their true time of arrival,…
PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a misguided comprehension which takes place whenever anxiety-eliciting stimulants are unconsciously skewed. If taboo terms…
PERCEPTUAL RIVALRY
the incompatibility of varying comprehensions of the same item. Whenever an ambiguous form allowing two varying perceptual interpretations is viewed,…
PERFECTIONISM
noun. the propensity to require of other people or of oneself a greater degree of performance than is mandated by…
PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY (PAG)
an area of the brainstem, with a plethora of nerve cell bodies, which encompasses the cerebral aqueduct. An element of…
PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
a neuromuscular disorder of the limbs caused by injury to the PNS and generally marked by clumsiness, numbness, weakness, and…
PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT
1. acclimation by someone to occupational and residential conditions within their community and family, particularly with regard to cultural interactions…
PERSONAL SPACE
a region of defended space surrounding someone. Trends of personal-space utilization might differ across species and across human societies. Personal…
PERSONIFICATION
noun. 1. in the technique of American psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan, the trend of feelings and outlooks toward another individual…
PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS THEORY
a study of group polarization which presumes the opinions of group members conversing about a problem or choice will be…
PHANTASTICUM
a class of drugs recognized in the 1920's as being able to generate hallucinatory effects. These drugs are now recognized…
PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
an approach to psychology wherein cognitive encounters are depicted and examined without theoretical presuppositions or assumption as to their causes…