PSYCHOPHYSICAL FUNCTION
Also known as psychometric function, psychophysical function is the mathematical relationship comparing the strength of a stimulus and the strength…
PUPILLOMETRICS (PUPILOMETRICS)
The science involved with the measurement of the pupil of the eye. In psychology, a research method that notes the…
RANDOM SAMPLING
Selecting individuals for a study by selecting them from a larger potential group. To be random, each is chosen in…
REACTION TIME (RT)
The time that passes between the introduction of a stimulus and the reaction by the subject to that stimulus.
REALITY CONFRONTATION
An act on behalf of the therapist in which the client is asked to consider the possibilty that he or…
RECOGNITION
A sense of familiarity when encountering people, events or objects that have previously been encountered. It also pertains to material…
REFLECTED APPRAISALS
Feedback for evaluation which a subject acquires from other individuals. See also: looking-glass self.
RELATIONAL LEARNING
Understanding how to differentiate between stimuli using relational properties rather than absolute properties.
REMOTE ASSOCIATION
Correlation among items in a list or series, along with another item which is not adjacent to the list.
RESERVE CAPACITY
Discrepancy between a subject's maximal ability to perform a given psychological exercise and the actual performance of that exercise.
RESPONSE SUPPRESSION
Lessening in the probability of a response owing to an experimental process.
RETROGRADE AMNESIA
Loss of ability to recall events which happened just prior to the onset of amnesia. See also: temporal gradient. Compare…
ROBUSTNESS
Potential of a hypothesis-testing or approximation technique to generate legitimate measurements, despite transgressions against the presuppositions upon which the strategy…
ROTE RECALL
Exact recall of information which has been saved entirely; for example, an address, color pattern, or musical piece. See also:…
SAVINGS SCORE
Amount by which time or effort is reduced in reacquiring knowledge after it has been forgotten. See also: relearning method.
SCREE PLOT
Plot, in descending order of magnitude, of the eigenvalues of a correlation matrix. In the context of factor analysis or…
SECULAR TREND
Long-term upward or downward trend in numbers, as opposed to a smaller cyclical variation with a periodic and short-term duration.
SELECTIVE REARING
Experiential paradigm wherein an organism is brought up from arrival or from the time that the eyes open under circumstances…
PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING
Designed as a prepatory training, prevocational training does not concentrate on job-specific skills, but rather attempts to enhance a subject's…
PRIMARY TASK
Ergonomically speaking, when one has a multi-task assignment, the primary task is the one that takes priority. That is, it…