POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA (PTA) 1
a period of amnesia after a psychological trauma. The traumatic occurence might be forgotten, or occurrences coming after the trauma…
POTENTIATION
noun. a type of drug interaction wherein the addition of a second drug intensifies particular properties of the initial drug…
POWER-COERCIVE STRATEGY
with regard to social psychology, a method based upon the utilizations of cultural, economic, and political power to impact societal…
PRECISION OF PROCESS
an index of proximity of a sequence of gauges to the mean- reciprocal to the variance.
PREDATORY AGGRESSION
aggression directed at the capturing of prey. Predatory aggression is more appropriately a type of foraging instead of aggression.
PREDISPOSITION
noun. 1. a vulnerability to forming a disorder or illness, the actual growth of which is started by the interaction…
PREFRONTAL CORTEX
the most anterior portion of the frontal lobe of each of the brain's cerebral hemispheres. It acts in attention, planning,…
PREMATURITY
noun. a condition of undergrowth, as it pertains to the birth of a child prior to it having completed the…
PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS
identification of a pathological condition or the existence of illness or inherited irregularities within a fetus.
PREPARATORY SET
an acute awareness or readiness to react in a specific way to an expected stimulant, behavior, or occurrence. It might…
PRESCRIBING
1. with regard to psychotherapy and medicine, guiding or telling a client what to do in particular scenarios. 2. requesting…
POLAR BODY
any of at least one tiny cell which is generated by separation of oocytes during the cultivation of female gametes.
POLYMORPHOUS PERVERSITY
in the traditional psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, the reaction of the human infant to multiple types of normal, everyday…
PONTINE NUCLEUS
any of many nuclei within the basal pons. They are recipients of fibers from the cerebral cortex and also send…
PORNOGRAPHY
noun. writings or pictures with carnal content which are probably of causing carnal arousal in some people. Legal perceptions vary,…
POSITIVE ACCELERATION
a situation wherein the successive gains as an outcome of learning or practice escalate across trials.
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
a field of psychological theory and research which centers upon the psychological states, personal characteristics and strengths, and cultural institutions…