POSITIVE HIT RATE
1. the amount of times wherein the selection of a specific alternative proved to be accurate is divided by the…
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)
a method utilized to assess cerebral metabolism utilizing radiolabeled tracers that disperse positrons as they're metabolized. This method allows recording…
POSTENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME
a pathological condition which takes place after encephalitis or as an outcome of such.
POSTNATAL SENSORINEURAL LESIONS
inner ear or auditory nerve pathway disorders which are acquired at some point in life and cause hearing loss. Causes…
POSTTEST-ONLY CONTROL-GROUP DESIGN
an experimental model consisting just of a posttest and an experimental and a control group.
POWER PLAY
an aggressive method or plan utilized to reach an end, frequently via the coercion of other people.
PRAGMATICS
with regard to language, the study of linguistics with regard to its operational communicative properties instead of its official and…
PREDICTOR VARIABLE
with regard to regression analysis, a variant which might be utilized to foretell the value of another variant- that being,…
PRENATAL COUNSELING
counseling rendered to couples or to single females who are pregnant, or planning for a pregnancy. Sometimes, it also encompasses…
PREPARATORY INTERVAL
the time between a warning sign and the tangible occurrence of the stimulant.
PRESBYOPIA
noun. an average, age-associated alteration in vision because of reduced lens elasticity and accommodative capacity, ending in lessened capacity to…
PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE
the state of affairs wherein nearly all members of a group privately refute what is considered to be the majority…
POISSON DISTRIBUTION
a theoretical statistical distribution which produces the likelihood at which rare occurrences actually happen, that are randomly distributed in space…
POLTERGEIST
noun. a claimed paranormal phenomenon wherein an unseen presence disrupts a home with noisy and destructive pranks, like shutting doors,…