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Pons One of the structures is located in the lower brain stem just above the spinal cord. Pons act as a major…

Pollyannaish Someone who is pollyannaish is very upbeat and/or optimistic. Sometimes people can seem unrealistically optimistic, even in the face of really…

Pleasure Principle The principle in which the id operates on. According to Freud, the id is the part of your personality that…

Plasticity In psychology, when we talk about plasticity we’re referring to “brain plasticity”, which refers to the ability for nerve cells to…

Placebo (placebo effect) A placebo is any substance that is not known to have any pharmacological effects (produces no meaningful changes in…

Pituitary Gland The pituitary gland, which is part of the endocrine system, is a small structure located just below the hypothalamus. This…

Phrenology At one point in time, psychologists believed that behavioral characteristics of humans could be described by measuring the bumps on their…

Phonemes Phonemes are sets of basic sounds (in fact, the smallest set of sounds) that are the building blocks to all spoken…

Phobic Disorder A person with a phobia, technically has a phobic disorder. For example, if a person is uncontrollably afraid of birds…

Phobias Phobias are unsound or illogical fears of objects or events. It is thought that phobias are learned or Conditioned Responses from…