Glossary P

Glossary P

Power bases is defined as sources of social power in a group, which includes one’s degree of control over rewards and punishment, authority in the group, attractiveness, expertise, and access to and control over information needed by group members.

Power intervention means empowering clients that may occur during the course of therapeutic discussion. Usually encouragement and reinforcement are ways to help clients become more powerful.

Power tactics refer to specific strategies used to influence others, often to gain a particular objective or advantage.

Power Test is defined as a test that measures the quantity of work accomplished in a time period. Examples of Power Tests are: Anaerobic Power Tests that include the Margaria stair climb test and the Wingate test;. Aerobic Power Tests which is the 1.5-mile run and cycle Ergometer and Treadmill tests in which power output and oxygen consumption are measured.

Deutsch: Machtbehauptung / Español: Asertividad de poder / Português: Assertividade de poder / Français: Assertion de pouvoir / Italiano: Assertività di potere /

Power-assertion refers to a form of discipline in which an adult relies on his or her superior power, as in administering spankings or withholding privileges, the objective of which is to modify or control a child’s behavior.

PPD is the abbreviations of Postpartum depression which refers to a severe, prolonged depression that afflicts 10-20% of women after delivery and that is characterized by sadness, apathy, and feelings of worthlessness.

Practical ability is a term in Sternberg’s theory of intelligence that refers to the ability to know which problem solutions are likely to work

Practical intelligence refers to the broad range of skills related to how individuals shape, select, or adapt to their physical and social environments.