Glossary P
Glossary P
Preeclampsia refers to a Condition of hypertension during pregnancy, typically accompanied by leg swelling and other sympt
Deutsch: Vorstellungsphase / Español: Preempleo / Português: Pré-emprego / Français: Pré-emploi / Italiano: Pre-occupazione
Preemployment refers to the psychological and procedural processes that occur before an individual is officially hired for a job. This phase is crucial for both employers and candidates as it sets the foundation for a successful employment relationship. It involves various assessments, interviews, and evaluations to determine the suitability of the candidate for the role and the organization.
Preemployment/Background Screening refers to the screening of the background (education, previous jobs, training, etc) of potential employees
Preemption principle refers to the principle that the speech of a child's linguistic environment preempts or suppresses the language bioprogram.
Preestablished harmony is Leibniz's contention that God had created the monads composing the universe in such a way that a continuous harmony existed among them. This explained why mental and bodily events were coordinated.
Likewise, Preestablished harmony is the belief that bodily events and mental events are separate but correlated because both were designed to run identical courses.
Preference for Consistency (PFC) refers to a disposition that represents the extent to which people desire predictability and compatibility within their own responses and within others’ responses
Preference method is a method used to gain information about infants’ perceptual abilities by presenting two (2) or more stimuli and observing which stimulus the infant prefers.
Preference-for-novelty paradigms are tasks in which an infant's preference, often measured in looking time, for a novel as opposed to a familiar stimulus is used as an indication of memory for the familiar stimulus.