The science of sampling opinions that are held are by the general population. We call them opinion polls and they are everywhere you look when an election is iminent. It […]
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PSEUDOCYESIS
In medical jurisprudence . A frequent manifestation of hysteria in women, in which the abdomen is inflated, simulating pregnancy; the patient aiding in the deception.
PSOBATOR,
In old English law . Strictly, an accomplice in felony who to save himself confessed the fact, and charged or accused any other as principal or accessory, against whom he […]
PSYCHIATRIST
a specialist physician who treat mental illness and mental disorders.
PSYCHO-DIAGNOSIS
In medical jurisprudence . A method of investigating the origin and cause of any given disease or morbid condition by examination of the mental condition of the patient the application […]
PSYCHOGRAPHICS
A tool used by analysts of market research . To produce a customer profile for a product. A series of questions are asked that the customer agrees or disagrees with […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL
Having to do with and related to the science of psychology. There may be psychological reasons why certain people react one way or another that is different to how other […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL DRIVES
Not necessarily or related to your actual age. You can age psychologically as well as in years. An older person psychologically may deem that a business has reached its maximum […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACT
In the law of evidence . A fact which can only be perceived mentally; such as the motive by which a person is actuated. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 130, 131.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PRICING
This is the setting of prices that is aimed at the market segment after the use of psychographic studies. A certain group or people may be prepared to pay more […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL SEGMENTATION
As a result of psychographic analysis of results from questionnaires and data from geographical and age databases, the market is divided up into different segments. These segments are based on […]
PSYCHOMETRICS
This uses the results of psychological tests to determine a persons abilities, attitudes, aptiudes, behaviour
PSYCHONEUROSIS
the emotional and mental imbalance that is often seen with states of high anxiety with a loss in a sense of reality.
PSYCHOSIS
a term used for the condition of a person who has lost contact with reality and the normal function of his mind. A mental illness or a brain disease can […]
PSYCHOTHERAPY
A method or system of alleviating or curing certain forms of disease, particularly diseases of the nervous system or such as are traceable to nervous disorders, by suggestion, persuasion , […]
PTOMAINES
or actions on the part of one person towards another as tend to arouse rage, resentment, or fury in the latter against the former, and thereby cause him to do […]
PUBERTY
curring in putrefying fish and the tyrotoxi- cons of decomposing milk and milk products.
PUBLIC
Pertaining to a state, nation, or whole community; proceeding from, re- lating to, or affecting the whole body of people or an entire community. Open to all; notorious. Common to […]
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
The obligations of agencies and public enterprises who have been trusted with the public resources, to be answerable to the fiscal and the social responsibilities that have been assigned to […]
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
1. In the United Kingdom this applies to any accountant. 2. In the United States of America it applies to those professionals that carry out services related to accounting to […]
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
Any accounting services that are not related to any government departments and services. Acounting services for any commercial business prospect that is non- governmental .
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (PAC)
A committe of considerable power who examines the auditors reports to make sure that any government funding to the various departments of government is used in the correct manner and […]
PUBLIC ADJUSTER
This person is an insurance adjuster who works for the person who pays the insurance premiums and not for the insurance company.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Public administration is such as is conducted (in some jurisdictions) by an officer called the public administrator , who is appointed to administer in cases where the intestate has left […]
PUBLIC AFFAIR
1. A matter that relates to any level of government. 2. an event open to the public. 3. A thing that is well known to the general public.