Glossary P

Progressive discipline means providing employees with punishments of increasing severity, as needed, in order to change behavior.

Progressive error is defined as changes in the scores observed in one treatment condition that are related to general experience in a Research study over time, but not to a specific treatment or treatments. Practice effects and fatigue are common kinds of Progressive error

Progressive Muscle Relaxation refers to a method developed in the 1930s in which muscle groups are tightened and then relaxed in succession. Progressive Muscle Relaxation method is based on the idea that mental relaxation will be a natural outcome of physical relaxation. Although muscle activity is involved, Progressive Muscle Relaxation technique requires no special skills or conditioning, and it can be learned by almost anyone. Progressive muscle relaxation is generally practiced for 10-20 minutes a day. As with the Relaxation Response, practice and patience are required for maximum benefits

Progressive relaxation refers to a method for producing deep relaxation of all parts of the body.

Progressive relaxation technique is defined as a relaxation technique that involves three (3) steps, which are the following (1) recognising the body’s signals that indicate the presence of stress;. (2) using those signals as a cue to begin relaxing; and (3) relaxing groups of muscles, beginning with those in the head and neck and then those in the arms and legs.

Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE) refers to a training program in which the muscles must work against a gradually increasing resistance. Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE) is an implementation of the overload principle.

Prohibition may be defined as a legislative forbidding of the sale of a substance, as in the alcohol Prohibition era in the United States, 1920–1933

Prohibitive moral judgment refers to a judgment that involves a conflict between violating a law and breaking a promise in order to achieve some other goal.