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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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PREMOTOR AREA

an area of the motor cortex concerned with motor planning.

PRENATAL COUNSELING

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

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY

a congenital irregularity which starts in the course of growth prior to birth.

PRENATAL INFLUENCE

any impact on the growing organism between conception and birth. Prenatal influences are inclusive of radiation impacts, maternal illnesses, substance

PRENATAL MASCULINIZATION

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

PREOPERATIONAL STAGE

with regard to Jean Piaget's theory, the second major occurrence of mental growth, approximately between 2 and 7 years old,

PREOPERATIONAL THOUGHT

the representative, prelogical and intuitive thinking typical of kids in the second major phase of mental growth.

PREORGASMIC

1. corresponding to the state just prior to orgasm. It is marked by escalated breathing, heart beats per minute, and

PREPARADIGMATIC SCIENCE

a science at a primitive phase of growth, prior to it attaining a paradigm and whenever there is no consensus

PREPARATORY RESPONSE

any reaction in a sequence of actions which generates the coming about of an objective or support response. Preparatory reactions

PREPARATORY SET

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

PREPAREDNESS

a hereditarily impacted predisposition for particular stimulants to be more sufficient than other people in inducing specific reactions.

PREPHALLIC

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, referencing the phases of psychosexual growth coming before the phallic phase.

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

PREPULSE INHIBITION

reduction of a reflex reaction by displaying a weak stimulant just prior to the strong stimulant which induces the reaction.

PREPYRIFORM AREA

the olfactory projection region at the bottom of the brain's temporal lobe.

PRESBYOPIA

noun. an average, age-associated alteration in vision because of reduced lens elasticity and accommodative capacity, ending in lessened capacity to

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM

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

PRESCRIPTION PRIVILEGE

the legal privilege to prescribe drugs and other medicines required for the remediation of medical or cognitive health troubles.