REGULATORY DRIVE
Any impulse which serves to perpetuate physiological homeostasis, making it indispensable for the continued survival of an organism. Compare to:…
REHABILITATION
Restoration of good health, condition, independence, or capacity following a trauma, mental defect, or impairment. Helping a subject regain skills…
REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY
Branch of psychology specializing in applying psychological understanding to chronic or disabling heath issues. Promotes prevention and treatment of such…
REHABILITATION TEAM
Assembly of specialists that integrate their endeavors to achieve rehabilitation of subjects on an individual basis.
REIFICATION
To regard an abstraction as something concrete or material; a conversion of abstract concepts into a material or concrete existence.…
REINFORCEMENT
The act of strengthening a conditioned response; experimental introduction involving conditioned and unconditioned stimuli to achieve a specific response. A…
REINFORCEMENT ANALYSIS
An integrated approach to assessing negative vs. positive reinforcements where positive reinforcements include rewards to the community at large, and…
REINFORCEMENT COUNSELING
A theory of behavior-based counseling where behavior is learned and can be changed accordingly by disparate reinforcement approaches which either…
REINFORCER
When occurring in a dependent relationship, contingency, or response, a stimulus or condition which effectively brings about reinforcement to a…
REINFORCING CAUSE
Any circumstance which tends to perpetuate healthy or maladaptive behaviors in a subject. Typically used in correlation with negative consequences.
REITAN INDIANA APHASIA SCREENING TEST
A component of the Halsted-Reitan Neuropshychological Battery, a 32-item exam which evaluates language usage, constructional praxis, calculation, and the right-left…
REITAN-KLOVE SENSORY PERCEPTUAL EXAMINATION
A component of the Halsted-Reitan Neuropshychological Battery, measures visual, tactile, and auditory sensory function bilaterally on the subject's body. Also…
REJECTING-NEGLECTING PARENTING
Parenting style wherein the parent does not encourage emotional dependency and fails to improve their child's surroundings. Compare with: authoritarian,…
RELAPSE PREVENTION
Treatments employed following the successful cure for any condition or disease to lessen the chance of a relapse. See also:…
RELATIONAL PRIMACY HYPOTHESIS
Hypothesis stating that analytical thinking is attainable during early infancy and that even young infants can comprehend or solve problems…