Glossary P

Glossary P

Preoccupied attachment refers to an outcome of attachment in which a person has a positive model of others and a negative model of the self.

Preoperational thinking is a term used in developmental psychology to describe the cognitive stage that occurs in children between the ages of 2 and 7 years old. During this stage, children are characterized by the use of symbols, the ability to think about things that are not present, and the beginning of logical reasoning. However, they still lack the ability to think in concrete, operational terms, which leads to some common cognitive errors.

Preoperational Period refers to the second stage in Piaget’s theory of Cognitive development applying to children from about ages 2 to 7. Preoperational Stage is characterized by the use of symbols to represent objects, by judgment based on how things look, and by the belief that everyone has the same viewpoint as he or she. Preoperational Period is when children are thinking at a symbolic level but are not yet using cognitive operations

Preoperational stage also known as Preoperation period refers to the period of intellectual development during which children begin to use language and think symbolically, yet remain intuitive and egocentric in their thought. Moreover, Preoperational stage is the second stage in Piaget's scheme, characterized by inflexible and irreversible mental manipulation of symbols. Please see related article on Preoperational Period

- Preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus: Preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus (POA/AH) refers to the brain area that is important for temperature control

Preparadigmatic stage is a term which according to Kuhn, the first stage in the development of a science. Preparadigmatic stage is characterized by warring factions vying to define the subject matter and methodology of a discipline.

Preparatory-response Theory refers to a theory of classical conditioning that proposes that the purpose of the CR is to prepare the organism for the presentation of the US.

Prepared classical conditioning refers to the theory that evolution has prepared people to be easily conditioned to fear objects or situations that were dangerous in ancient times