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…
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…