RELATIVE DEPRIVATION
A feeling of deprivation occurring when one compares themselves to another, regardless of objective reality. Se also: social comparison theory.
REPEATED MEASURES DESIGN
Framework for research wherein specific individuals are evaluated on specific dependent variables over time, during repeated episodes.
RESISTANCE
Act or instance of resisting; having the ability to resist. In psychology, the process by which the ego refuses to…
RESTITUTION
Action taken in which something is rightfully restored which had been lost or stolen; making good or compensating for a…
REVERSAL LEARNING
Discriminating between two opposing options, wherein the rewarded responses have been reversed after having been correlated with two different stimuli.
ROKEACH VALUE SURVEY (RVS)
Tool which evaluates a subject's moral to enable them to figure out what is of utmost significance in their lives…
SCHACHTER-SINGER THEORY
Argument posed wherein the experience and identification of specific emotional conditions are a function of physiological arousal, as well as…
SEATTLE LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Extensive continuing analysis of adult intellect and intellectual operation using the Primary Mental Abilities evaluation (see: primary abilities) and employing…
PRIMAL DEPRESSION
Early childhood depression supposedly brought on by distant or missing parents. The expression is today considered obsolete.
PRIMITIVE DEFENSE MECHANISM
Psychoanalytically, the theory of protection against anxiety connected with the death instinct. Primitive defense mechanism have been identified as such…
PROBLEM SOLVING
Problem solving is a process for individual's to overcome a specific problem. That process, simply, begins at a starting point…
PROJECTION NEURON
Also referred to as a Golgi Type 1 neuron, a projection neuron contains a long axon is distinguished by a…
PSYCHIC REALITY
A reality internalized and based on fantasy, wish, fear, memories and anticipation. The psychic reality is internal, whereas external reality…
PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED
As opposed to a biological need, a psychological need is something that is essential for the maintenance of mental health.…
PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDERS
As defined in DSM-III, these are a group of disorders stemming from psychological factors as opposed to organic. These disorders…
QUALITATIVE EVALUATION
An evaluation yielding narratives from unstructured methods of data collection. This approach is characterized by a goal-free evaluation rather than…