Category: P

  • Psychomotor epilepsy

    A loss of consciousness in which a person may appear to be conscious, but is unaware of his or her behavior, or changes in mood, thoughts, or perceptions. Epilepsy in which fits are characterised by blurring of consciousness and accompanied by coordinated but wrong movements.  

  • Psychomotor domain

    Includes those aspects of learning through which accumulated knowledge and attitudes are applied to particular life situations. It implies skill development: physical and intellectual, psychomotor objectives. One of three key categories of instructional content and learning objectives described by Benjamin Bloom, referring to the physical and muscular functioning of an individual; the others are the…

  • Psychomotor attacks

    Associated with epilepsy and characterized by a loss of environmental contact, manifested in staggering, purposeless movements, and unintelligible vocal sounds. Confusion often accompanies the attacks that may last from 2 to 3 min following it.  

  • Psychomimetic

    Substances that cause symptoms similar to those of psychosis.  

  • Psychometrician

    A psychologist trained in the development and administration of standardized tests to measure such things as intelligence, creativity, sociability, etc. A person skilled in the application of statistical analysis to psychological data.  

  • Psychometric approach to intelligence

    An attempt to understand the nature of intelligence by studying the pattern of results obtained on intelligence tests.  

  • Psychological theories of alcoholism

    Theories that suggest that alcoholism is a symptom of some personality or emotional disorder. Three such theories are 1. psychoanalytic, 2. learning, and 3. personality trait.  

  • Psychological test

    A standardized procedure designed to measure a person’s performance on a specific task.  

  • Psychological surgery

    A fraudulent practice of some quacks. It is a purported technique to perform surgery without cutting into any tissues. Removal of a diseased part of the body by a “mind over matter” approach.  

  • Psychological set

    A predisposition to behave or respond in a certain way.