POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR
any receptor which resides upon the cell membrane or inside a postsynaptic neuron. Interaction with an effector substance, dispersed by…
POWER FUNCTION
1. a union wherein the values for one variant range as an act of another variant raised to a power.…
PRADER- LABHART-WILLI-FANCONI SYNDROME,
attested to by Heinrich Willi, Alexia Labhart, and Andrea Prader in 1956.
PRECENTRAL GYRUS
a ridge within the brain's frontal lobe, just anterior to the central sulcus, which is vital for motor control, being…
PREDICTIVE VALUE
as a predictor of a phenomenon of interest, the expected validity of a test.
PREFERRED NOISE CRITERION (PNC)
a sound level established for consistent ambient sound within enclosed spaces and utilized to establish or test for permitable background…
PRELOGICAL THINKING
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, outdated thought procedures which are typical of formative childhood, whenever thought is under the management…
PREORGASMIC
1. corresponding to the state just prior to orgasm. It is marked by escalated breathing, heart beats per minute, and…
PREPYRIFORM AREA
the olfactory projection region at the bottom of the brain's temporal lobe.
POINT MUTATION
an elimination, alteration, or insertion of a single base pair, causing an alteration in the DNA chain.
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
1. the analysis of political debates and procedures from the viewpoint of psychological standards. 2. the employment of psychological standards…
POLYGYNANDRY
noun. a mating system wherein males mate with many females and females mate with many males.
POSITION ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE (PAQ)
a generalized, ordered job analysis survey which examines the kind and degree of work actions necessitates by a job, instead…
POSITIVE FAMILY HISTORY
a family history which reflects the traits which are enough for the family to be deemed to have an inherited…