Category: P
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Principle of active responding
In programmed learning the principle that stresses the importance of the learner’s performance of the response to be learned.
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Principle
An individual who is the chief administrator of a school. A significant truth that is often stated as a cause-and-effect relationship. A rule or the ory. A standard of ethical behaviour. A constituent of a compound representing its essential properties.
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Primoquinine
A synthetic substitute for quinine used in treating malaria.
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Primitive
Pertains to early, less civilized cultures. Undeveloped, undifferentiated, rudimentary.
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Priming
Using the environmental stimuli to make a schema salient.
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Primates
The order of animals including humans, apes, and monkeys. An order of vertebrates belonging to the class Mammalia, subclass Theria, including the lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. This order is most highly developed with respect to the brain and nervous system.
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Primary water treatment
The removal of easily sedimented solid materials by the passage of the water through grit chambers. Some fats, carbohydrates, and proteins may also be removed, secondary water treatment; tertiary water treatment.
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Primary syphilis
The first stage of syphilis most generally manifested by the appearance of a painless lesion, the chancre.
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Primary spermatocyte
A cell formed by mitosis of a spermatogonium.
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Primary sex characteristics
Biological traits that differentiate females from males. An inherited trait that influences the development of the reproductive organs.