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POSTTRAUMATIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

a personality disorder sometimes seen following a serious head trauma. Some people come to be indifferent and withdrawn, but most

POTZL'S SYNDROME

a type of pure alexia correlated with visual field faults and disruptions of the color sense. The syndrome is thought

PRACTICAL INTELLIGENCE TASK

a job necessitating the demonstration of practical intelligence.

PRCMORBID ABILITIES

an approximation of a person's psychological capacities before a neurological injury or illness which is utilized to identify the extent

PRECOGNITION

noun. with regard to parapsychology, the reported skill allowing one to see, sense, or feel future occurrences via some type

PREDESTINATION

noun. with regard to Christian theology, the belief or principle positing that God has foreordained salvation for specific selected people,

PREESTABLISHED HARMONY

a standard elicited to explain how monads act in an arranged and organized fashion, although each is separate and adheres

PREGENITAL PHASE

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the formative phases of psychosexual growth which come before the ordering of the libido around

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS)

an accumulation of psychological and tangible indicators experienced by females during the week before the beginning of menstruation and ceasing

PRENATAL PERIOD

the growth-related time between conception and birth. With regard to human beings, it is generally separated into the germinal, embryonic,

PREPHALLIC

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, referencing the phases of psychosexual growth coming before the phallic phase.

PLEGIA

suffix: paralysis.

POETRY THERAPY

a type of bilbliotherapy which applies the reading or penning of poetry to encourage emotional expression in someone and evoke

POLARIZATION

noun. 1. a difference in electric potential between two exteriors or two sides of one exterior due to chemical activity.

POLYDRUG ABUSE

substance abuse consisting of more than one drug.

POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION

a category of linear regression models wherein at least one of the terms is raised to a power greater than

PONZO ILLUSION

an optical illusion wherein the upper of two parallel horizontal lines of equal length looks like it is longer than

PORTER-LAWLER MODEL OF MOTIVATION

a design of work motivation which incorporates the valence instrumentality predictability theory with other theoretical viewpoints, inclusive of presence, preparedness,

POSITIVE AFTERPOTENTIAL

a small, positive membrane potential reflected by a neuron or muscle cell while recovering from an ACI ion potential. The

POSITIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA

a type of schizophrenia wherein positive indicators predominate, as observed in the individual