Category: P

Erik Erikson’s psychosocial crises in maturation characterized by a series of eight encounters, one for each stage of development. These encounters contrast a positive success to a corresponding failure as follows: (a) trust versus mistrust; (b) autonomy versus shame and doubt; (c) initiative versus guilt; (d) industry versus inferiority; (e) ego identity versus self-diffusion; (f)…

A period of delay of commitment or a postponement of occupational choice.  

According to Masters and Johnson, experiences at an earlier stage of life that has adverse effects on present sexual functioning.  

Sigmund Freud’s theory of maturation, which consists of five major periods of life: (a) oral stage, (b) anal stage, (c) phallic stage, (d) latency stage, and (e) genital stage.  

Disorders of sexual functioning caused by psychological factors. These include gender identity disorders, paraphilias, and psychosexual dysfunctions. Mental illnesses that often involve changes or abnormalities in sexual function, behavior, and identity. Any disorder of sexual functioning that is not caused by a purely physical illness. A spectrum of conditions associated with sexual function falls under…

An unqualified person who attempts to treat mental illness, quack; charlatan.  

Mental prevention. General medical term referring to relaxation methods used in prepared childbirth. In obstetrics, a method of mental and physical preparation for natural childbirth.  

The study of bodily changes that accompany psychological events. The physiology of the mind and its functions. That branch of psychology that observes and records physiological changes and how they relate to mental activities. The branch of psychology that records physiological measurements, such as the electrical resistance of the skin, the heart rate, the size…

A general term referring to stress-related diseases.  

The science that attempts to relate the characteristics of physical stimuli to the sensory experience they produce. The study of mental processes in relationship to physical processes.