SEPARATION ANXIETY DISORDER
An anxiety disorder showing excessive and persistent anxiety when leaving home or a person. It will have symptoms that include…
SERIAL BEHAVIOR
a sequence of responses that elicit each other in a certain order. It is not a random response. These are…
SEVEN PLUS OR MINUS TWO
the number of items that we hold in short term memory at any time and are accurately perceived and recalled…
SEX INTEREST
the eagerness to engage and participate in discussions, viewings and activities dealing with sexual contact. Also called sexual interest.
SEX-NEGATIVITY
A negative attitude toward any type of sexual behaviour other married sex. Compare sex positivity.
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
a technique for reproducing a specific RNA or DNA chain multi-fold, permitting amplification for chaining or manipulating the chain.
POLYSURGICAL ADDICTION
a condition marked by a compulsive urge to undergo continual surgeries even whenever organic pathology can't be located. The condition…
POPULATION VECTOR
the mechanism utilized in the motor cortex to encode the direction of an objective motion. The activity within each neuron…
POSITIONAL ALCOHOL NYSTAGMUS (PAN)
a type of horizontal nystagmus which continues subsequent to a horizontal alteration in head position and is generated by alcohol…
POSITIVE HIT RATE
1. the amount of times wherein the selection of a specific alternative proved to be accurate is divided by the…
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)
a method utilized to assess cerebral metabolism utilizing radiolabeled tracers that disperse positrons as they're metabolized. This method allows recording…
POSTENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME
a pathological condition which takes place after encephalitis or as an outcome of such.
POSTNATAL SENSORINEURAL LESIONS
inner ear or auditory nerve pathway disorders which are acquired at some point in life and cause hearing loss. Causes…
POSTTEST-ONLY CONTROL-GROUP DESIGN
an experimental model consisting just of a posttest and an experimental and a control group.
POWER PLAY
an aggressive method or plan utilized to reach an end, frequently via the coercion of other people.