Glossary P
Glossary P
Permanency maybe defined as the extent to which a team will remain together or be disbanded after a task has been accomplished.
Permeability is defined as the property of a membrane that refers to the ability of molecules to pass through it. If the permeability to a molecule is high, the molecule can easily pass through the membrane. Permeability is also defined as the idea that constructs can be revised and extended in light of new experiences.
Permissive-indulgent refers to a child-rearing style in which parents are not controlling and restrictive but are warm.
Persecutory delusions in paranoid-type schizophrenia, the affected person holds fixed beliefs that he or she is the target of others’ ill will; these beliefs remain unchanged, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Perseverance effect refers to the tendency for people to make self -evaluations that are consistent with information that has been discredited.
Perseverance effect also refers to the finding that people's beliefs about themselves and the social world persist even after the evidence supporting these beliefs is discredited.