POSITIVE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS
a stimulant correlated with a contingency of positive reinforcement.
POSITIVE SYMPTOM
an indicator of schizophrenia which symbolizes an excess or distortion of normal operation, as separate from an insufficiency in or…
POSTGANGLIONIC AUTONOMIC NEURON
any neuron belonging to the SNS whose cell body resides within a ganglion of the sympathetic chain. These neurons innervate…
POSTSTRUCTURALISM
noun. a broad intellectual movement which grew from French structuralism in the late 1960s and 1970s.
POSTURAL CONTROL
the capacity to manage the position of one's body. The first landmark in the growth of such takes place at…
PRACTICE MATERIAL
introductory, unscored objects or examples, shown prior to a test or experiment, which describe test procedure and familiarize the involved…
PRECATEGORICAL ACOUSTIC STORAGE (PAS)
a sensory memory which briefly keeps auditory data prior to it being perceived and understood- a theoretical rendition of the…
PRECONSCIOUS THINKING
1. the pictorial, magical, fantasy thinking of kids which comes before the cultivation of logical thinking. 2. with regard to…
PREDICTION INTERVAL
a range of values wherein one would expect an individual to score on variant b, due to their scores on…
PREFERENCE TEST
an analysis wherein consumers are asked to express a preference between rival products, like at least two candy bars.
PRELINGUISTIC
designating or corresponding to the time in an infant's life prior to the learning the power of speech.
PREMORBID SCHIZOPHRENIA
the quality of psychological, emotional, and physical operating within someone before the onset of schizophrenia.
PREOPERATIONAL THOUGHT
the representative, prelogical and intuitive thinking typical of kids in the second major phase of mental growth.