Glossary P
Glossary P
Posttest is a term in Industrial and Organizational Psychology that is defined as a measure of job performance or knowledge taken after a training program has been completed.
Posttest-only design with non-equivalent groups refers to a nonexperimental design in which one group is exposed to one level of an independent variable and a second group chosen using a different selection mechanism is exposed to a second level.
Posttesting is defined as the re-measurement of a dependent variable among subjects after they have been exposed to a stimulus representing an independent variable.
Posttraumatic growth refers to positive life changes and psychological development following exposure to trauma.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is defined as Anxiety disorder which is characterized by the following:
(1) repeated mental images of experiencing a traumatic event;.
Postvention refers to after-the-fact interventions for individuals affected by traumatic loss