Glossary P
Glossary P
Deutsch: Voraussetzung / Español: Precondición / Português: Pré-condição / Français: PréCondition / Italiano: Precondizione
A precondition in the psychology context refers to a specific factor, circumstance, or condition that must be present or fulfilled before a certain behaviour, emotional state, or psychological outcome can occur. Preconditions often serve as foundational elements that set the stage for the development of mental processes, learning, emotional responses, or behavioural patterns.
Preconscious is a term which according to Freud is the area of the psyche that contains material from the unconscious before it reaches the conscious mind; material just beneath the surface of awareness that can be easily retrieved. In Freud’s Topographic model, Preconscious is the part of personality that contains thoughts that can be brought into awareness with little difficulty. Moreover, Preconscious are memories of events and experiences that can be retrieved with relatively little effort. Information is available to awareness but not immediately.
Precontemplation is a stage in the Transtheoretical Model when humans are not aware that they are practicing a behavior that is unhealthy or do not intend to take any action to change a behavior.
Preconventional level refers to Kohlberg’s term to describe moral reasoning wherein the individual considers and weighs the personal consequences of the behavior. Preconventional level is the first level of Reasoning in Kohlberg’s theory, where moral reasoning is based on external forces. According to Kohlberg, it is a period during which moral judgments are based largely on expectations of rewards or punishments.
Preconventional morality refers to Kohlberg’s term for the first two (2) stages of Moral reasoning, in which moral judgments are based on the the following: (Stage 1) tangible punitive consequences, and;. (Stage 2) rewarding consequences of an act for the actor rather than on the relationship of that act to society’s rules and customs. In Kohlberg's stages of Moral reasoning, Preconventional morality is the most immature form of Moral judgment. Moral decisions are based on whether the act has positive or negative consequences, or whether it is rewarded or punished.
Precueing refers to a procedure in which a cue stimulus is presented to direct an observer’s attention to a specific location where a test stimulus is likely to be presented. Precueing is a procedure that was used by Posner to show that attention enhances the processing of a stimulus presented at the cued location.