PREFERENCE
noun. 1. with regard to conditioning, the likelihood of occurrence of one of at least two consecutively accessible reactions, generally…
PREHENSION
noun. the action of clasping, grasping, or taking an item or reinforcing the body, generally with a limb adapted for…
PREMONITORY DREAM
a dream which seems to render advance notice or caution of some occurrence that has yet to take place.
PREOCCUPATION
noun. In a place of being lost in one's thoughts and self-absorbed, that spans from temporary absent-mindedness to an indication…
POLICE PSYCHOLOGIST
a psychologist whose primary job is to help law enforcement. Common tasks might consist of the screening and choosing of…
POLYETHISM
noun. the division of labor which takes place particularly among colonies of social insects, wherein each has a particular task,…
POOLED VARIANCE
the approximation of a single typical variance attained by mixing a lot of separate approximations of that variance. Commonly referred…
PORTEUS MAZE TEST
one of the original paper-and-pencil intellect tests, formed in 1913 and modeled to evaluate capacity to plan ahead and employ…
POSITIVE SELF-TALK
the covert expression of concepts which encourage the development of an ideal performance state and are driving or self-enhancing.
POSTCHIASMATIC VISUAL DEFICIT
a visual disability inflicted by injury to visual processing regions behind the optic chiasm. Postchiasmatic damage or illness impacts vision…
POSTEXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY
a process built to reveal demand traits wherein engaged parties are asked about the reactions they rendered in an experiment.
POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE
with regard to operant conditioning, the period of time which passes from the end of reinforcement until the subsequent reaction…
POSTURAL AFTEREFFECT
an alteration in posture which results as an aftereffect of previous arousal.
POVERTY OF SPEECH
excessively short speech with minimal elaborations which takes place in schizophrenia or sometimes in the framework of a major depressive…