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…
POLIOMYELITIS
11. an inflammatory process as a result of a viral infection. In mild cases it is marked by headache, fever,…
POLYGLOT REACTION
recovery from aphasia wherein a multilingual individual initially utilizes a language that is not their native one.
POLYPHARMACY
noun. the conjunctive utilization of a multitude of drugs of the same or various classes with the aim of generating…
POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY
1. psychological insight as comprehended by the general public, that might be oversimplified, misunderstood, and outdated. 2. psychological insight aimed…
PORT-WINE STAIN
a lasting birthmark comprised of a bluish-red discoloration. A diffuse on one's face might be an indicator of the sturge-weber…
POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME
continual, pervasive modifications in mental skills and emotional operating which take place as an outcome of diffuse trauma to the…
POSTHYPNOTIC AMNESIA
a person's inability to recall what happened during a hypnotic trance. Commonly, the involved party is directed to forget the…
POSTSYNAPTIC
adjective. 1. of or corresponding to the area of a neuron in a synapse which is recipient to and reacts…
POSTURAL REFLEX
any of a multitude of automatic motions which function to preserve body posture.