RETINAL IMAGE
Variable resolution image which takes shape on the retina as the eye focuses on an object.
RIGHTING REFLEX
The innate ability of an organism to assume an optimal position when it has been unbalanced or knocked over. Also…
ROLE SHIFT
In interactions between two people in a relationship, one party will adopt the characteristics and behavioral patterns of the second…
SALIROMANIA
Sexual fetish or paraphilia wherein erotic pleasure is derived from soiling or disheveling the object of desire, especially an attractive…
SCIENTIFIC RATIONALITY
Characteristics of logic and sound judgment which distinguish or should distinguish scientific investigation.
SECONDARY MOTIVATION
Catalyst constituted by personal or social enticements instead of dominant physiological requirements.
SELECTIVE AMNESIA
Loss of memory regarding certain issues, events, and individuals which is too wide-ranging to be accounted for by typical forgetfulness.…
PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE DEMENTIA
Primary Degenerative Dementia or DDD is described in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III as dementia that has…
PRIVATE SELF
The part of a person's awareness known only to themselves. The private self is the only one aware of true…
PROCESSING SPEED INDEX
Used to measure the speed of nonverbal processing using the Wechsler adult intelligence scale.
PROSOCIAL AGGRESSION
That form of aggression that is called upon to halt or prevent a social wrong. As in tripping a person…
PSEUDOPSYCHOLOGY
A fraudulent or unscientific approach to psychology, for example Phrenology or palmistry
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Various theories regarding human functioning. Such theories are underpinned by the interplay of drives and internal forces of the subject.…
PSYCHOLOGY
Originally a philosophy, now recognized as study of the mind represented by various disciplines and research including experimental, biological and…
P-TECHNIQUE FACTOR ANALYSIS
An analysis of the time period (x) time period correlation. The variables are not correlated over individuals but rather over…
QUOTA SAMPLING
Also referred to as quota control, it is a method of selecting subjects for a study. The subjects are already…
RATIONAL LEARNING
Learning through clear understanding of the material and understanding the relationship between the components of the material
RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM
An assertion that a reciprocal relation exists among environment, behavior and the individual. That is to say, that instead of…
REDIRECTED BEHAVIOR
Actions taken that do not seem to be applicable in the context wherein they are undertaken. See: displacement behavior.