PROTECTIVE REFLEX
Also called protective response, protective reflex describes the reflexive withdrawal of the body or parts of the body from either…
PSYCHIC APPARATUS
Sigmund Freud divided this psychoanalytical theory into unconscious, preconscious and conscious areas and later revised the terminology to include id,…
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Interpretation and integration of gathered data to come to a conclusion regarding the psychological and physiological state of a particular…
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The scientific study of mental disorder(s). The field covers the theory, research, diagnosis and treatment of psychological diseases. It is…
RADICAL BEHAVIORISM
Radical behaviorism is the school of thought that behavior, rather than consciousness should be the primary topic for study when…
REACH ENVELOPE
The area that an operator of a machine or tool can reach while sitting or standing during the task. It…
REALISTIC THINKING
Realistic thinking is encapsulated thinking processes grounded in an honest appraisal of all relevant data and conditions in different situations.…
REFERENTIAL SIGNAL
Indications provided by an animal which appear to supply information regarding certain environmental events and objects.
RELATEDNESS
Reciprocity of factors like trust and empathy between two or more individuals in a relationship.
RESEARCH QUESTION
Methodological point of departure for scholarly research in either the natural sciences or the humanities.
RESPONSE STYLE
A set of responses generally emanating from dispositional factors instead of situational ones.
RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
When learning fresh content, the interference which inhibits the capacity to recall content or actions formerly studied, particularly in the…
RISKY SHIFT
Predilection for decisions made in a group setting to be less conservative, more experimental, and more dangerous than would be…
ROTE LEARNING
Form of trying to learn wherein obtaining knowledge takes place by means of memory drills and repetition, in some cases…
SATURATION
Vividness of a color's hue; measures the degree to which a color differs from a gray of the same darkness…
SCOTOMIZATION
Theory in psychoanalysis which refers to the mind's ability to erase a traumatic or overwhelming experience, or the inclination to…
SECOND-ORDER FACTOR
An aspect that results from the factorization of oblique aspects by correlation to the resulting aspects independently. Compare with: first-order…