PREMOTOR THEORY OF ATTENTION
a theory positing that attention is a byproduct of the mechanisms which generate behaviors or motor reactions. It is based…
PRENATAL CARE
health, medical, and educational services rendered to or attained by a woman while she is pregnant. Such services are aimed…
PRENATAL DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY
a congenital irregularity which starts in the course of growth prior to birth.
PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS
identification of a pathological condition or the existence of illness or inherited irregularities within a fetus.
PRENATAL PERIOD
the growth-related time between conception and birth. With regard to human beings, it is generally separated into the germinal, embryonic,…
PRENATAL STRESS
distress in a pregnant woman, that is characterized by escalation of stress hormones and other biological modifications, with an increased…
PREOCCUPIED ATTACHMENT
an adult attachment style which mixes an adverse interior working design of attachment of oneself, marked by doubt in one
PREOEDIPAL
1. with regard to psychoanalytic theory, regarding to the initial phases of psychosexual growth, prior to the cultivation of the…
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 INTERVAL
the time between a warning sign and the tangible occurrence of the stimulant.
PREPARATORY RESPONSE
any reaction in a sequence of actions which generates the coming about of an objective or support response. Preparatory reactions…
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.
PREPOTENT STIMULUS
any stimulant which is superior to any other rivaling stimulant in which it is more probable of obtaining attention or…
PRERELEASE ANXIETY STATE
anxiety felt by someone who is nearing release from an institutional facility and re-emergence into the tangible daily world.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
an educational strategy or map for kids who are beneath the necessary minimum age for engagement in typical classroom work.