POSTSCHIZOPHRENIC DEPRESSION
a depressive episode which might come after an acute schizophrenic episode. Postschizophrenic depression is observed variously as a typical occurence…
PRECIPITATING CAUSE
the specific aspect, at times, a distressing or damaging experience, which is the immediate cause of a cognitive or physical…
PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
with regard to Jean Piaget's theory, the second major occurrence of mental growth, approximately between 2 and 7 years old,…
POPULATION RESEARCH
the analysis of the numbers, and modifications in the numbers, of individuals and other living beings, concentrating on the reasons…
POSTTEST-ONLY CONTROL-GROUP DESIGN
an experimental model consisting just of a posttest and an experimental and a control group.
PRECOGNITION
noun. with regard to parapsychology, the reported skill allowing one to see, sense, or feel future occurrences via some type…
PREPARED LEARNING
a species-specific and inborn propensity to rapidly acquire a particular kind of insight. Some correlations between stimulants, reactions, and supports…
POSITION ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE (PAQ)
a generalized, ordered job analysis survey which examines the kind and degree of work actions necessitates by a job, instead…
POSTURAL ARM DRIFT
the drift of the arms from their initial position whenever someone is needed to hold them outstretched and in a…
PREPOTENCY
noun. 1. the quality or state of having more power, impact, or force. 2. the ability for one of two…
POSITIVE ADDICTION
a concept based upon the presumption that some life activities wherein an individual feels a requirement or impulse to engage,…
POVERTY OF IDEAS
a thought disruption, frequently correlated with dementia, extreme depression, and schizophrenia, wherein there is lessened spontaneity and progression of thought…
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY
an index of how well a test corresponds to a variant which is gauged in the future, at a time…
PRESCRIPTION PRIVILEGE
the legal privilege to prescribe drugs and other medicines required for the remediation of medical or cognitive health troubles.
PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
the view postulating that humans are governed by the favor for instinctual pleasure, or satisfaction, and for the release of…
POVERTY OF SPEECH
excessively short speech with minimal elaborations which takes place in schizophrenia or sometimes in the framework of a major depressive…