Glossary P

Glossary P

Proximate questions refer to questions in science that ask how a behavior works rather than why it works.

Proximity is defined as geographical nearness. Proximity refers to geographic, residential, and other forms of spatial closeness; the hysical distance between people. Proximity more precisely, "functional distance", powerfully predicts liking.

Proximity effect refers to the tendency to feel emotionally close to those who are physically near.

Proximity principle refers to the tendency for individuals to form interpersonal relations with those who are close by.

Proximodistal means from the inner part or axis of the body outward.

Proximodistal development refers to a sequence of physical maturation and growth that proceeds from the center of the body (the proximal region) to the extremities (distal regions).

Proximodistal principle refers to the principle of physical growth that states that structures nearest the center of the body develop first

Proxy pretest is defined as a test whose results are correlated with the post-test results and used in quasi-experimental designs having non-equivalent groups for the purpose of demonstrating partial equivalence of the groups.

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