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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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PREMORAL STAGE 1

with regard to Jean Piaget

PREMORBID

marking a person's condition prior to the beginning of an illness or disorder.

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 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

PREOPTIC AREA

a area of the hypothalamus lying above and just in front of the optic chiasm. Nuclei at this site are

PREORGASMIC

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

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.

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 RESPONSE

a reaction which is superior to other potential reactions.

PREPOTENT STIMULUS

any stimulant which is superior to any other rivaling stimulant in which it is more probable of obtaining attention or

PREPUCE

noun. a concealing fold of skin, particularly the skin concealing the glans penis in boys and the clitoris in girls.

PRERELEASE ANXIETY STATE

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