POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE
with regard to operant conditioning, the period of time which passes from the end of reinforcement until the subsequent reaction…
POSTURAL AFTEREFFECT
an alteration in posture which results as an aftereffect of previous arousal.
POVERTY OF SPEECH
excessively short speech with minimal elaborations which takes place in schizophrenia or sometimes in the framework of a major depressive…
PREATTENTIVE PROCESSING
an unconscious cognitive processing of a stimulant which takes place prior to attention being centered upon this specific stimulant from…
PRECONCEPTION
noun. a belief or expectation corresponding to some outlook item which is held prior to significant data about the item…
PREDICATE THINKING
a procedure of thought wherein items are thought to be alike or even twin-like because they share a specific trait.…
PREFERENCE FOR CONSISTENCY
initially postulated by American psychologists Jason T. Newsom and Melanie R. Trost, a characteristic showing the degree to which an…
PREINQUIRY
noun. a process modeled to reveal the demand attributes of a specific analysis by asking engaged parties to report on…
PREOCCUPIED ATTACHMENT
an adult attachment style which mixes an adverse interior working design of attachment of oneself, marked by doubt in one
PREPOTENT STIMULUS
any stimulant which is superior to any other rivaling stimulant in which it is more probable of obtaining attention or…
POINT BISERIAL CORRELATION
the association between two random variants, one dichotomous and one continuous.
POLICY ANALYSIS
an accumulation of methods of breaking down data (i) to ascertain alternative policy and program selections in cost-benefit terms, (ii)…
POLYPEPTIDE
a molecule containing many amino acids connected by peptide bonds. The breakdown of polypeptides within living cells occurs at the…
PORTMAN CLINIC
a major British clinic establishing in Portman Square, London, England in 1933, by three psychoanalysts to work with psychopaths and…
POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION
favored treatment, particularly in work or school settings, of people which might be at a disadvantage.