Psychology Glossary
Lexicon of Psychology - Terms, Treatments, Biographies,

0 • A • B • C • D • E • F  • G • H •  I  • J • K • L  • M • N • O • P • Q  • R • S • T • U • V  • W • X • Y • Z

Latest Articles

  • Panic Reaction
  • Anxiety Surge
  • Mental toughness
  • Cardiovascular conditioning
  • Typo
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Time Management
  • Misapplication
  • Lack of Standardization
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Breathing
  • The Psychology of Seeking Help: Why People Delay Mental Health Treatment
  • Joint Health
  • Chronic Pain Management
  • Chronic Disease Management

Most Read

1: Transductive reasoning
2: Contingency
3: Narrower
4: Corey’s model of ethical decision-making
5: Musterbation
6: Sensation
7: Epidemiology
8: Dyadic relationships
9: Systematic observation
10: Passive compliance
11: Mirror-image perceptions
12: Atavistic Stigmata
13: Empty Love
14: Inverse projection problem
15: Role Confusion
16: Population
17: Universal versus Context-specific development controversy
18: Intrapsychic conflicts
19: Egalitarian family
20: The Peripheral Route
(As of 21:40)

Statistics

  • Users 7687
  • Articles 14054

Who's Online

We have 13585 guests and no members online

  1. You are here:  
  2. Home
  3. Glossary / Lexicon
  4. Glossary V

Glossary P

Glossary P

Polygenic inheritance

Polygenic inheritance is when Phenotypes are the result of the combined activity of many separate genes

Polygenic trait

Polygenic trait refers to a characteristic that is influenced by the action or activity of many genes rather than a single pair.

Polygon

Polygon is defined as a frequency distribution graph in which a series of points connected by straight lines indicates the frequency of each score from an interval or ratio scale of measurement.

Polygraph

Polygraph refers to a mechanical device used to measure and record people's physiological responses, such as heart rate, blood pressure, circulation respiration, and galvanic skin response. It is a devide used to detect deception in crime suspects. When Polygraph or Polygraph machine is used in "lie detection", the Polygraph Operators attempt to tell if someone is lying by observing how that person responds physiologically while answering questions Polygraph is commonly called a Lie Detector

Read more …

Polygraph Detection Test

Polygraph Detection Test refers to an electronic test intended to determine honesty by measuring an individual"s physiological changes after being asked questions.

Polygraph detect

Read more …

Polygraph Test

Polygraph Test refers to an examination which is based on an assumption that there is an interaction between the mind and body and is conducted by various components or the sensors of

Read more …

Polygyny

Polygyny refers to the Condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.

Read more …

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) refers to a technique in molecular genetics that permits the analysis of any short sequence of DNA (or RNA) even in samples containing only minute quantities of DNA or RNA. PCR is used to reproduce (amplify) selected sections of DNA or RNA for analysis.

Read more …

Page 91 of 192

  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • Psychology Glossary
  • Glossary / Lexicon
  • Essays
  • Legal Notice / Impressum

Login

  • Forgot your password?
  • Forgot your username?