SELECTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING
Making sense of attitude-relevant details in a prejudiced fashion. Though numerous possible biases are feasible, it has customarily been presumed…
PRIMARY MEMORY (PM)
A former description of what is now referred to as short-term memory, Primary Memory refers to memory that retains data…
PROATTITUDINAL BEHAVIOR
Proattitudinal behavior is behavior that reflects and is in agreement with a held attitude. For example, if one dislikes a…
PRODUCTIVE THINKING
A theory, first formulated by Erich Fromm, which describes thinking in which a given question is regarded carefully utilizing objectivity…
PROSPECTIVE MEMORY
The memory that describes awareness and memory to do some act in the future, such as get gas before the…
PUNISHMENT AND OBEDIENCE ORIENTATION
The theory of moral development that in the first stage in the preconventional level, a child will make moral decisions…
RADEX THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
Louis Guttman, a U.S. psychologist proposed this theory of intelligence. The theory states that the organization of mental ability can…
RAVEN'S PROGRESSIVE MATRICES
A nonverbal test consisting of abstract designs, each missing one part. The participant chooses what they believe to be the…
REALISTIC JOB PREVIEW (RJP)
The idea that being honest in assessing the pro's and con's of a job to a potential employee is best…
RECIPROCITY NORM
A social rule of conduct that states that people who help others will receive equivalent benefit from them in return.
REFERENT POWER
The ability to persuade others, based on respect for, or attraction to, the one providing influence. See also: power.
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…
REMINISCENCE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
A theory propounded by Greek philosopher Plato (circa 429-347 BCE) which states that all knowledge must originate in a hypothetical…
RESPONSE SET
Inclination to provide answers to queries in a methodical way, regardless of the content of the question. See also: response…
RETRIEVAL FAILURE
Incapacity to recall knowledge which is acknowledged to be present within the memory.
RISK SENSITIVITY
Capability of an organism to discriminate between a habitat where resources are fairly stable over a long period versus a…