PRESSOR EFFECT
The physiological effect of vasoconstrictors on a patient's blood vessel walls affecting veins and arteries.
PRETERM VIABILITY
The possibility of survival of a fetus outside the womb prior to full-term delivery.
PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING
Designed as a prepatory training, prevocational training does not concentrate on job-specific skills, but rather attempts to enhance a subject's…
PRIMAL-HORDE THEORY
In his work entitled Totem and Taboo, published in 1913 Sigmund Freud theorized the concept of the original tribe or…
PRIMARY CORTEX
Any region of the cerebral cortex that receives information from sensory receptors or communicates with muscles for action. Examples are:…
PRIMARY RELATIONSHIP
One's closest relationship. The one relationship the individual deems important enough to invest large amounts of time, energy and physical…
PRINCIPLE OF DISTRIBUTED REPETITIONS
A learning concept that states that repeating of material should be spread out over time as opposed to being compacted…
PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
Typically smaller in regards to patients than a public hospital, a private mental hospital is staffed and operated by a…
PROBABILITY LEARNING
Probability learning is a principle that states the probability of a response tends to reflect the probability of the reinforcement.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Problem solving is a process for individual's to overcome a specific problem. That process, simply, begins at a starting point…
PROCESS EVALUATION
Evaluating the process. This in-house function consists of an evaluator joining in on the process to assess the effectiveness of…
PROCYCLIDINE
U.S. trade name: Kemadrin. Procyclidine is a drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and drug-induced extrapyratmidal effects.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Professional standards are those standards requiring a level of performance required for a set position.
PROGRAM FOR LEARNING IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEEDS (PLAN)
Developed by the teacher in cooperation with the student, a program for learning in accordance with needs is a program…
PROGRESSIVELY DISTRIBUTED PROCESS
Used in memory studies, progressively distributed process refers to a technique in which the interval of time between repetitions is…
PROPENSITY ANALYSIS
Used to account for group differences on a set of variables, propensity analysis is a statistical approach and is an…
PROPRIETY STANDARDS
Legal and ethical standards for a research study. Examples would be formal agreements between parties involved in the study and…