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.
PRELINGUALLY DEAFENED
being congenitally deaf or coming to be deaf before the learning of language.
PREMORBID PERSONALITY
1. character traits which were present prior to physical damage or another damaging occurrence or prior to the cultivation of…
PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
with regard to Jean Piaget's theory, the second major occurrence of mental growth, approximately between 2 and 7 years old,…
PREPSYCHOTIC PERSONALITY
traits and behaviors of an individual, like litigiousness, eccentricities, hypersensitivity, apathy, or withdrawal, which might be symptomatic of later cultivation…
POINT LOCALIZATION
the capacity to find a point on the skin which is aroused. The point-localization test is a somatosensory test wherein…