PSYCHOCHEMISTRY
The science that examines the relationship between chemicals, behavior and psychological processes. It is the study of chemical influence on…
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
A test designed to measure attributes useful to psychologists. These data points include scores for mechanical aptitude, abstract thinking, reasoning…
PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSOR
A major life influencing event that leads to intense stress so profound that it can contribute to the development or…
QUASI NEED
Based in social psychology, a quasi-need is a need based on intent or purpose and not on a deficit of…
READINESS TEST
A testing technique with the intent of predicting how well an individual is prepared to benefit from instruction in a…
RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY
A person's vocabulary defined by words he or she can understand, identify and process. It may be more extensive than…
RECURRENT DEPRESSION
An extreme depressive malady in which two or more major bouts of depression have occurred.
RELEASE THEORY OF HUMOR
A theory positing that individuals can laugh to release built-up psychic energy.
REPLICATION
One of the main tenets of the scientific method; repeating an experiment to ensure that the results can be attained…
REVERSIBILITY
Possibly being expressed in terms of negation or compensation, a mental process which allows the reversal of a chain of…
ROLE DIFFERENTIATION
In communities or various other social models, the steady rise in the quantity of tasks and decline in the range…
SACCULAR IIIN SACRAL DIVISION
Nerves associated with the parasympathetic nervous system which begin at the spinal cord in the lower back (sacral) area. Compare…
SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
Reckoning of an event with regards to a recognized group of scientific concepts, details, and assumptions. Standard types of explanation…
SECONDARY ELABORATION
Mental process occurring partly during dreaming and partly during the recalling or telling of a dream by means of which…
SELECTIVE ACTION
Measures by which a reinforcer could possibly have a larger impact on certain reactions as compared to others, specifically, its…
PRIMARY CIRCULAR REACTION
In Jean Piaget's theory regarding cognitive development, the primary circular reaction occurs approximately between six weeks and four months of…