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PRP

PRP is the abbreviations of Performance Related Pay is a term used in industrial and organizational psychology that links an individuals performance with their pay. To measure PRP, different schemes have been set up.

Prude

Prude refers to a person who is excessively concerned with being or appearing to be proper, modest, or righteous.

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Prudent diet

Prudent diet refers to a dietary pattern high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, fish, and poultry and low in red meat and refined grains.

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Pruning

Pruning is defined as the process of eliminating excessive neurons and synapses in the developing brain. The elimination appears to reflect a purposeful "sculpting" of the brain to promote neural efficiency.

Prurient

Prurient is characterized by lascivious thoughts; used as criterion for deciding what is Pornographic.

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Prusiner

Prusiner in the psychology context refers to Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner, a prominent neurologist and biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997 for his discovery of prions, infectious proteins responsible for various neurodegenerative diseases. Prusiner's groundbreaking research revolutionized the understanding of these diseases and their underlying mechanisms.

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Pseudoconditioning

Pseudoconditioning is defined as a temporary elevation in the amplitude of the conditioned response that is not due to association between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus.

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Pseudocyesis

Pseudocyesis is defined as a condition in which a woman experiences signs of pregnancy, even though she is not pregnant.

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