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…
PREPARADIGMATIC SCIENCE
a science at a primitive phase of growth, prior to it attaining a paradigm and whenever there is no consensus…
PREPARATION
noun. with regard to mental psychology, the procedure involved in escalating readiness for an activity.
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…
PREPHALLIC
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, referencing the phases of psychosexual growth coming before the phallic phase.
PREPOTENCY
noun. 1. the quality or state of having more power, impact, or force. 2. the ability for one of two…
PREPOTENT STIMULUS
any stimulant which is superior to any other rivaling stimulant in which it is more probable of obtaining attention or…
PREPSYCHOTIC PANIC
a phase in the cultivation of schizophrenia wherein self-image is confused: people feel guilty, unable of being loved, embarrassed, or…
PREPYRIFORM AREA
the olfactory projection region at the bottom of the brain's temporal lobe.
PRERELEASE ANXIETY STATE
anxiety felt by someone who is nearing release from an institutional facility and re-emergence into the tangible daily world.
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.