Glossary P

Glossary P

Press maybe defined as the influence of the environment and past events on the current activation of a need.

Deutsch: Druck / Español: Presión / Português: Pressão / Français: Pression / Italiano: Pressione /

Pressure is defined as a stressful condition occurring when a person must meet urgent external demands or expectations. Pressure is likewise defined as expectations or demands that a person must behave in a certain way.

Pressured speech refers to a kind of speech with a rapid, unremitting, urgent quality which is a symptom of Bipolar disorder.

Prestriate cortex refers to Secondary association processes primary features of visual information such as light wavelength, line orientation, and features of shape.

Presumptions means deductions in law that may be made from certain sets of facts

Presumptive sentence refers to a sentence whose length is specified by law but which may be modified by a judge under limited circumstances.

Presymptomic test refers to an examination to predict the onset of a disease that is conducted before any symptoms appear

Presynaptic terminal is the tip of an axon, the point from which the axon releases chemicals.