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RECIDIVISM

A repitition of a delinquent or criminal behavior.

REMEMBERING

To recall with effort or think of again. To retain information in memory. Spontaneously recalling information stored in the memory.

REVERSE CAUSALITY

In determining the elements of causal relationships, frequent mistake of confusing the cause with the effect, or the converse.

SAMPLING VARIABILITY

Degree to which the importance of a statistic varies across a variety of samples from the median importance for any

PRIMARY TASK

Ergonomically speaking, when one has a multi-task assignment, the primary task is the one that takes priority. That is, it

PROPENSITY

A tendency toward a particular behavior or action.

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS

Symptoms of anxiety and depression in persons who do not fit an established criteria of psychological disorder. Psychological distress is

PYGMALION EFFECT

An effect caused by the expectations of a superior regarding the performance of their subordinates. It has been called a

RECIPROCAL ALTRUISM

A type of helping behavior that is perpetuated when one individual helps another at some future time the second individual

REMISSION

Abatement of significant subsiding of disease symptoms. Time period during which symptoms of a disease subside or abate. See also:

REVERSE TOLERANCE

Generally in psychoactive drugs (especially central nervous system stimulants), the tendency of increased sensitivity in the body wherein repeated doses

SCHEDULE OF REINFORCEMENT

Any type of guideline used in conditioning which outlines which responses will be reinforced. Also known as: reinforcement schedule. See

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS

Statistically, a technique that completely reproduces an interrelationship amongst many correlated variables with a smaller number of "principle components" that

PROPOSITION

In the field of philosophy, a proposition is anything that is either asserted or denied and is capable of being

PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION

Impaired or abnormal function and behavior.

QUALITATIVE EVALUATION

An evaluation yielding narratives from unstructured methods of data collection. This approach is characterized by a goal-free evaluation rather than

RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM

An assertion that a reciprocal relation exists among environment, behavior and the individual. That is to say, that instead of

REPEATED MEASURES DESIGN

Framework for research wherein specific individuals are evaluated on specific dependent variables over time, during repeated episodes.

REWARD

Layman terminology which is almost synonymous with the psychology term reinforcement.

SCHEMA

Mental model of aspects of the world or of the self that is structured in such a way as to