REINFORCEMENT THEORY
Any approach which is constructed to detail the system of reinforcement.
REMEMBERING
To recall with effort or think of again. To retain information in memory. Spontaneously recalling information stored in the memory.
REPRODUCTION
Biologically, production of new individuals from parental entities in perpetuation of the species. May be sexual or asexual in nature.
RESPONSE RATE
Measure of the amount of responses which take place during a particular time period. Also known as: response frequency.
RETRIEVAL CUE
Some aid utilized to direct memory recollection. See also: cue-dependent forgetting; ecphoria; encoding specificity principle.
RISK FACTOR
Any behavioral, hereditary, environmental, or other consideration which increases the likelihood of developing a disease or disorder, or becoming involved…
RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST
Psychological projective examination in which a subject's interpretations of a series of bilaterally symmetrical inkblots are studied as in indicator…
SATELLITE MALE
In animal groups, a male which acts peripherally to a dominant territorial male. Does not attempt to attract mates by…
SECONDARY TASK
Ergonomically, any job which is subordinate or incidental to the primary job where multiple tasks are required for completion.
SELECTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING
Making sense of attitude-relevant details in a prejudiced fashion. Though numerous possible biases are feasible, it has customarily been presumed…
PROBABILISTIC FUNCTIONALISM
As put forth in the proposal by U.S. psychologist Egon Brunswick, the theory of probabilistic functionalism proposes that environmental cues…
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Professional ethics are rules of conduct for a specific profession and are generally drawn up by members of the professional…
PROTEAN CAREER
In contrast to the traditional concept of a career path, the protean career is more personally based, calling upon a…
PSYCHIATRIST
A highly trained physician who holds a specialty in diagnosing, treating and study of mental disorders. Training (in the United…
PSYCHOGENIC NEED
U.S. psychologist Henry Alexander Murray defined psychogenic need as concerned with emotional satisfaction in opposition to biological satisfaction. Such psychogenic…
PUNISHMENT AND OBEDIENCE ORIENTATION
The theory of moral development that in the first stage in the preconventional level, a child will make moral decisions…