POLYMORPHISM
noun. 1. with regard to biology, the condition of possessing many physical or behavioral kinds within a species or populace.…
PORNOGRAPHOMANIA
1. a morbid urge to pen obscene letters. 2. carnal arousal correlated with penning obscenities.
POSITIONING
noun. With regard to psychotherapy, deviation of the therapy professional from their common manner of operation or of conducting a…
POSITIVE INTERDEPENDENCE
a union wherein the success of one party escalates the probability of another party
POST HOC COMPARISON
a comparison among at least two means in analysis of variance or multiple regression analysis which is developed following the…
POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
an artery within the brain which stems from the terminal bifurcation of the basilar artery and crosses above the oculomotor…
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
a major depressive event or, less typically, minor depressive disorder which impacts women within four weeks following the birth of…
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…