POVERTY OF CONTENT OF SPEECH
speech which is sufficient in amount but too general, recurrent, and absent of content to be qualitatively sufficient. It is…
PRCMORBID ADJUSTMENT
a gauge of the degree of an individual's operating prior to the onset of an acute psychological disorder. The gauge,…
PRECOMPETITION ANXIETY
escalated mental and physiological excitement in the week prior to a competition. Precompetition anxiety might encourage or hinder performance, depending…
PREEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
a research design wherein there is no control group and no random designation of people to experimental conditions. This type…
PRENATAL STRESS
distress in a pregnant woman, that is characterized by escalation of stress hormones and other biological modifications, with an increased…
PREPOTENCY
noun. 1. the quality or state of having more power, impact, or force. 2. the ability for one of two…
POGGENDORF ILLUSION
a visual illusion wherein the two ends of a straight diagonal line appear to be offset from each other whenever…
POLARIZED MEMBRANE
a membrane possessing a positive electrical charge on one exterior and a negative charge on the other exterior. All living…
POLYDRUG DEPENDENCE
dependency on more than one drug of abuse. Commonly referred to as polysubstance dependence.
POOLED INTERDEPENDENCE
a job condition wherein the job is divided among a number of people, units, or groups, each of which performs…
PORTER'S LAW
the standard postulating that the critical flicker frequency escalates with the logarithm of the brightness of the stimulant, separate from…
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
with regard to psychotherapy and counseling, the patient's emotions regarding self-acceptance and approval and also, approval of the counselor or…
POSITIVE SELF-REGARD
an outlook of self-esteem or self-value. Positive self-regard is frequently sought as an objective in remediation and is nurtured by…
POSTCENTRAL GYRUS
a ridge within the parietal lobe of the brain, just posterior to the central sulcus, which is the place of…