Glossary P

Pavor nocturnous or Night terrors are episodes in which a sleeper wakes up suddenly and screams. The person is panicked, frightened, and confused, and returns to sleep within half an hour, but in the morning, the patient has no memory of the event

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Paxil refers to an antidepressant medication

Pay equity means equalizing pay across occupations that are determined to be equivalent in importance but differ in the gender distribution of the people doing the jobs

Pay for performance refers to a System in which employees are paid on the basis of how much they individually produce.

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Deutsch: Zahlung / Español: Pago / Português: Pagamento / Français: Paiement / Italiano: Pagamento

Payment in the psychology context refers to the exchange of money or other forms of compensation as it relates to psychological services, treatments, or participation in research studies. This concept encompasses the financial transactions involved in obtaining mental health care, as well as the psychological impacts and motivations associated with monetary exchanges.

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Payoff matrix refers to a table representing the outcomes for each player in a prisoner’s dilemma game based on the players’ combined choices

PC muscle exercises refer to a part of sex therapy for women with orgasmic disorder, in which the woman exercises the muscles surrounding the vagina. PC is the abbreviations of Pubococcygeal PC muscle exercises is also called Pubococcygeal muscle exercises or Kegel exercises.

PCP is the abbreviations of Phenylcyclidine, a substance that produces euphoria, slowed reaction times, and involuntary movements at low doses; disorganized thinking, feelings of unre

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