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Progressive relaxation refers to a method for producing deep relaxation of all parts of the body.

Progressive relaxation technique is defined as a relaxation technique that involves three (3) steps, which are the following (1) recognising the body’s signals that indicate the presence of stress;. (2) using those signals as a cue to begin relaxing; and (3) relaxing groups of muscles, beginning with those in the head and neck and then those in the arms and legs.

Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE) refers to a training program in which the muscles must work against a gradually increasing resistance. Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE) is an implementation of the overload principle.

Prohibition may be defined as a legislative forbidding of the sale of a substance, as in the alcohol Prohibition era in the United States, 1920–1933

Prohibitive moral judgment refers to a judgment that involves a conflict between violating a law and breaking a promise in order to achieve some other goal.

Project teams refer to groups formed to produce one-time outputs, such as developing a new product, creating a new software system, or hiring a new employee.

Projection refers to a defence mechanism in which one’s unacceptable behaviors or thoughts are attributed to someone else. Projection is when a person is emotionally triggered by someone else’s behavior and is judging them, he/she is are "Projecting" the very quality he/she is judging, on the other person.

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Projection fibers are neurons that connect sets of brain structures to each other, example is Subcortical structures to the cortex and vice versa.