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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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PREMONITORY DREAM

a dream which seems to render advance notice or caution of some occurrence that has yet to take place.

PREMORAL STAGE 1

with regard to Jean Piaget

PREMORTEM CLARITY

a state of cognitive alertness, following a time of clouded or mixed up cognition, which sometimes returns before death. Premortem

PREMOTOR AREA

an area of the motor cortex concerned with motor planning.

PRENATAL CARE

health, medical, and educational services rendered to or attained by a woman while she is pregnant. Such services are aimed

PRENATAL COUNSELING

counseling rendered to couples or to single females who are pregnant, or planning for a pregnancy. Sometimes, it also encompasses

PRENATAL MASCULINIZATION

the masculinizing impacts of androgens on fetal carnal anatomy and on neural pathways in the brain before birth.

PRENATAL STRESS

distress in a pregnant woman, that is characterized by escalation of stress hormones and other biological modifications, with an increased

PREOCCUPATION

noun. In a place of being lost in one's thoughts and self-absorbed, that spans from temporary absent-mindedness to an indication

PREPARATION

noun. with regard to mental psychology, the procedure involved in escalating readiness for an activity.

PREPARATORY INTERVAL

the time between a warning sign and the tangible occurrence of the stimulant.

PREPARATORY SET

an acute awareness or readiness to react in a specific way to an expected stimulant, behavior, or occurrence. It might

PREPARED LEARNING

a species-specific and inborn propensity to rapidly acquire a particular kind of insight. Some correlations between stimulants, reactions, and supports

PREPOTENCY

noun. 1. the quality or state of having more power, impact, or force. 2. the ability for one of two

PREPOTENT RESPONSE

a reaction which is superior to other potential reactions.

PREPSYCHOTIC PANIC

a phase in the cultivation of schizophrenia wherein self-image is confused: people feel guilty, unable of being loved, embarrassed, or

PREPSYCHOTIC PERSONALITY

traits and behaviors of an individual, like litigiousness, eccentricities, hypersensitivity, apathy, or withdrawal, which might be symptomatic of later cultivation

PRERELEASE ANXIETY STATE

anxiety felt by someone who is nearing release from an institutional facility and re-emergence into the tangible daily world.

PRESBYCUSIS

noun. the slow reduction of hearing acuity correlated with getting older.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM

an educational strategy or map for kids who are beneath the necessary minimum age for engagement in typical classroom work.