SUSCEPTIBILITY
1. The vulnerability or increased likelihood of being affected by a disease or illness. 2. The capacity to feel deep…
TASK STRUCTURE
it is the structure in which the means to the end; everything is structured properly to perform a task. To…
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POLICE PSYCHOLOGIST
a psychologist whose primary job is to help law enforcement. Common tasks might consist of the screening and choosing of…
POPULATION
noun. 1. the entire amount of people in a rendered geographical location. 2. with regard to statistics, a theoretically defined,…
PRECIPITATING CAUSE
the specific aspect, at times, a distressing or damaging experience, which is the immediate cause of a cognitive or physical…
PREDICTION
noun. 1. an attempt to predict what will occur in a specific scenario, usually on the premise of past occurrences…
POPULATION RESEARCH
the analysis of the numbers, and modifications in the numbers, of individuals and other living beings, concentrating on the reasons…
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY
an index of how well a test corresponds to a variant which is gauged in the future, at a time…
POPULATION STEREOTYPE
with regard to ergonomics, generalizations about the perceptual, mental, or physical traits of a set of users, which are pertinent…
POSITIVE ADDICTION
a concept based upon the presumption that some life activities wherein an individual feels a requirement or impulse to engage,…
PREDICTOR VARIABLE
with regard to regression analysis, a variant which might be utilized to foretell the value of another variant- that being,…
POSITIVE FEEDBACK
1. an organization whereby some of the output of a system, whether biological or mechanical is fed back to escalate…
PREDISPOSITION
noun. 1. a vulnerability to forming a disorder or illness, the actual growth of which is started by the interaction…
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
a field of psychological theory and research which centers upon the psychological states, personal characteristics and strengths, and cultural institutions…
PREFERENCE
noun. 1. with regard to conditioning, the likelihood of occurrence of one of at least two consecutively accessible reactions, generally…
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
1. an escalation in the likelihood of the happening of some activity because that activity results in the display of…