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panic disorder

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an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or the frightening sensations

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parallel processing

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the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain’s natural mode of information processing for many functions; including vision

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paraphilas

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experiencing sexual arousal from fantasies, behaviors, or urges involving non-human objects, the suffering of self or others, and/or nonconsenting

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parapsychology

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the study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis

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parasympathetic nervous system

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the division of autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy

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parietal lobe

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portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position

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parietal (intermittent) reinforcement

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reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction that does continuous reinforcement

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passionate love

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an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship

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perception

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the process of organizing and interpreting sensory info, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events

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perceptual adaption

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the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field

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perceptual constancy

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perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change

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perceptual set

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a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

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peripheral nervous system

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the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body

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peripheral route persuasion

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occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues

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personal control

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the extent to which people perceive control over the environment rather than feeling helpless

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personality disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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personality inventory

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a questionnaire used to assess personality traits

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personality

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an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

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personnel psychology

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a subfield on I/O psychology that focuses on employee recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal, and development

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PET (positron emission tomography)

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a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task

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phi phenomenon

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an illusion of movement created when 2 or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

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phobia

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an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

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phoneme

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the smallest distinctive unit of sound

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pitch

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a tone’s experienced highness or lowness, depends on frequency

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pituitary gland
the endocrine system's most influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates growth and controls other other endocrine glands
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place theory
the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated
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placebo effect
experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active agent
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plasticity
the brain's ability to change by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience
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population
all the cases in a group being studied
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positive psychology
the scientific study of human functioning, with goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities thrive
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positive reinforcement
increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers
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posthypnotic suggestion
a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors
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post-traumatic growth
positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
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PTSD
a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience
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predictive validity
the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict
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prejudice
an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members
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preoperational stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from 2 to 6 or 7) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
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primary reinforcer
an innately reinforcing stimulus
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primary sex characteristics
the body structures that make sexual reproduction possible
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priming
the activation of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response
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proactive interference
the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info
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projective test
a personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one's inner dynamics
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prosocial behavior
positive, constructive, helpful behavior
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prototype
a mental image or best example of a category
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psychiatry
a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders
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psychoactive drugs
a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods
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psychoanalysis
Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts
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psychodynamic theories
view personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences
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psychodynamic therapy
therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences
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psychological disorder
a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior
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psychology
the science of behavior and mental processes
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psychopharmacology
the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
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psychophysics
the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli and our psychological experience of them
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psychosexual stages
the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) during which the id's pleasure seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones
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psychosis
a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions
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psychosurgery
surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior
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psychotherapy
treatment involving psychological techniques
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puberty
the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproduction
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punishment
an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows
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pupil
the adjustable opening at the center of the eye though which light enters

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