PSYCHIC HEALING
Psychic Healing is the treatment of mental and/or physical maladies by spiritual means such as crystals.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
The opposite of organic factors, functional factors contribute to the development of personality, maintain health and well-being and the structure…
PSYCHOSCIENCE
A science dealing with mind, function and behavior. Also a science dealing with mental diseases and disorders and their treatment.
PURPOSEFUL BEHAVIOR
Behavior that has a particular and recognized goal in mind. The behavior that will aid in achieving that goal.
RANDOMIZED-GROUP DESIGN
A design used in experimentation in which the subjects are randomly assigned to either a control group or experimental group…
REACTIVE AGGRESSION
A physical act committed with little consideration of the consequences. Generally the act is associated with intent to harm and…
REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD
A standard established to establish whether or not a particular act or conduct constitutes sexual harassment. The basis of the…
RECOGNITION MEMORY TEST (RMT)
A memory test, consisting of both verbal and nonverbal components, used to determine whether neuropsychological deficiencies exist. Subtests include both…
REFLECTIVITY-IMPULSIVITY
Known as cognitive tempo, a cognitive approach that defines the extent to which a subject differs in their ability to…
RELATIONSHIP ROLE
Identifiable role taken on by a member of a group in order to achieve interpersonal harmony within the group. Also…
REMOTE MEMORY
Recollection of events and details from the distant past. See also: long term memory.
RESIDUAL VISION
Visual process which is generally nonconscious, usually spared when conscious vision is lost due to primary visual (striate) cortex damage.
RESTING POTENTIAL
Imbalance of electrical charge which is present between the interior of an electrically excitable nerve cell and its surrounding cells.…
REVERSAL ERROR
Characteristic of dyslexia when inappropriate to level of development, error wherein a letter or word is written in an inverted…
ROKEACH DOGMATISM SCALE
Designed to assess the extent to which an individual's belief systems are open or closed, as well as their levels…
SCATTERPLOT
Graph that plots along two axes at right angles to each other the relationship between two variable quantities.
SECURITY OPERATIONS
As proposed by US psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), various interpersonal protective procedures, including arrogance, boredom, or irritability, which are…
PRIMACY EFFECT
The Primacy Effect is characterized by a tendency on the part of an observer to be more influenced by items…