Psychology RootsProcedural Controls Procedural controls are the steps taken to ensure that the results of a study reflect true responses to intended stimuli. …
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Probability Sampling When doing research on a large population, it is often impractical to study every single member of the group. Instead, …
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Proactive Interference Difficulty in learning new information because of already existing information. For example, an English speaking person may have greater difficulty …
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Privation This term refers to being deprived of something or being in a state of deprivation. For example, going without water for …
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Priming Priming is an acuteness to stimuli because of exposure to a certain event or experience. For example, an individual who has …
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Primary Sex Characteristics Men and women both have hair on our heads, our face, etc. However, primary sex characteristics are body structures …
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Primary Reinforcer This is a term used in conditioning, and it refers to anything that provides reinforcement without the need for learning …
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Primary Reinforcement In Operant Conditioning there are Primary Reinforcers and Conditioned Reinforcers. Primary reinforcers are naturally reinforcing, i.e. there is no learning …
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Primary Mental Abilities Primary Mental Abilities refer to 7 factors identified by Louis Leon Thurstone. These 7 factors, or primary mental abilities, …
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Primary Disorder A primary disorder is the first disorder (sometimes called a “condition”) or most prevalent diagnosed condition, i.e. the condition that …