POSITIVIST CRIMINOLOGY
an approach which attempts to explain criminal actions not as an exercise of free will or of one's choosing, but…
POLARIZATION
noun. 1. a difference in electric potential between two exteriors or two sides of one exterior due to chemical activity.…
POST HOC COMPARISON
a comparison among at least two means in analysis of variance or multiple regression analysis which is developed following the…
PRACTICE EFFECT
with regard to learning, any alteration or betterment which stems from practice or repeating of job items or actions.
PREMACK'S PRINCIPLE
the position that the chance to participate in behavior with a fairly high baseline probability will positively support behavior of…
POLARIZED MEMBRANE
a membrane possessing a positive electrical charge on one exterior and a negative charge on the other exterior. All living…
POSTCOGNITION
noun. with regard to parapsychology, the experiencing of a past occurrence as if it were happening now. In a test…
PRAGMATICS
with regard to language, the study of linguistics with regard to its operational communicative properties instead of its official and…
POLICY ANALYSIS
an accumulation of methods of breaking down data (i) to ascertain alternative policy and program selections in cost-benefit terms, (ii)…
POSTFORMAL THOUGHT
the involved manners wherein adults structure their thinking based upon the complex nature of adult life. It is a further…
PRAGMATISM
a philosophical stance holding that the truth value of a proposition or a theory is to be identified in its…
PREMONITORY DREAM
a dream which seems to render advance notice or caution of some occurrence that has yet to take place.
POSTHYPNOTIC AMNESIA
a person's inability to recall what happened during a hypnotic trance. Commonly, the involved party is directed to forget the…
PREMORBID PERSONALITY
1. character traits which were present prior to physical damage or another damaging occurrence or prior to the cultivation of…
POLYMORPHISM
noun. 1. with regard to biology, the condition of possessing many physical or behavioral kinds within a species or populace.…