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Pons One of the structures is located in the lower brain stem just above the spinal cord. Pons act as a major …

Pollyannaish Someone who is pollyannaish is very upbeat and/or optimistic. Sometimes people can seem unrealistically optimistic, even in the face of really …

Pleasure Principle The principle in which the id operates on. According to Freud, the id is the part of your personality that …

Plasticity In psychology, when we talk about plasticity we’re referring to “brain plasticity”, which refers to the ability for nerve cells to …

Placebo (placebo effect) A placebo is any substance that is not known to have any pharmacological effects (produces no meaningful changes in …

Pituitary Gland The pituitary gland, which is part of the endocrine system, is a small structure located just below the hypothalamus. This …

Phrenology At one point in time, psychologists believed that behavioral characteristics of humans could be described by measuring the bumps on their …

Phonemes Phonemes are sets of basic sounds (in fact, the smallest set of sounds) that are the building blocks to all spoken …

Phobic Disorder A person with a phobia, technically has a phobic disorder. For example, if a person is uncontrollably afraid of birds …

Phobias Phobias are unsound or illogical fears of objects or events. It is thought that phobias are learned or Conditioned Responses from …