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Plotinus (205 - 270) refers to a Neo-Platonist who emphasized the importance of embracing the soul through introspection. These subjective experiences were more important and informative than physical experiences.

PLSI is the abbreviations of Paragon Learning Style Inventory that refers to a 52-item learning style inventory that can be self -scored and obtains a measure of the 4 Jungian psychological/learning dimensions.

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Pluralism refers to the belief that there are multiple perspectives on an issue, each of which contains part of the truth but none of which contain the whole truth.

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Pluralistic ignorance refers to a false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling, or responding. Likewise, Pluralistic ignorance is defined as a social psychological phenomenon that occurs when people misread other people's behaviors and assume their own thoughts and feelings are unique. The phenomenon whereby bystanders assume that nothing is wrong in an emergency, because no one else looks concerned is an example of Pluralistic ignorance

Pluralistic perspective refers to an analytical approach to social organization which holds that a multiplicity of Values and beliefs exist in any Complex society, but that most social actor

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Pluripotentiality refers to the multiple, functional role of the brain. That is, any given area of the brain can be involved in relatively few or relatively many behaviors.

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PMT is the abbreviations of Parent management training that teaches parents to change their child"s Behavior at home and in other settings.

PMT is a program which is aimed at teac

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- PNI (Psychoneuroimmunology) : PNI is the acronym of Psychoneuroimmunology that refers to the study of connections among psychological stress, nervous system functioning, and the immune system.