RETENTION CURVE
Chart which represents an individual's recollection of information during a period of time. Also known as: memory curve. See also:…
SAFETY NEEDS
Second tier in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, following physiological requirements for human survival. These needs include personal security (absence of…
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be…
SECONDARY GAINS
In psychoanalysis, social, occupational, or interpersonal advantages that a patient derives from symptoms. Indirect benefit, usually obtained through an illness…
SELECTIVE ADAPTATION
Psycho-physical process wherein recurring subjection to a stimulus generates sensory variation that affects understanding of a successive stimulus. Assessment that…
PRIMARY CONTROL
A conscious effort by an individual to gain a sense of control around their surroundings. It is their attempt to…
PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTIONALITY
A relatively simple judicial philosophy that states the punishment should fit the crime; Biblically, the "eye for an eye, tooth…
PROCESS EVALUATION
Evaluating the process. This in-house function consists of an evaluator joining in on the process to assess the effectiveness of…
PROPOSITION
In the field of philosophy, a proposition is anything that is either asserted or denied and is capable of being…
PSEUDONEUROLOGICAL
The suggestion of a neurological disorder. However it is merely a suggestion of the disorder and the subject is not,…
PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
An approach to treatment that features psychological and psychiatric factors when examining unconscious motives in the molding of personality, attitudes…
PSYCHOLOGICAL UNIVERSAL
Any of the psychological features recognized across diverse cultures. That is, psychological features that are "universal". They are broken down…
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy is a service provided by a trained psychotherapist in an effort to recognize and treat mental, emotional and behavioral…
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
A form of research where the investigator has no control over the independent variable, but has power over how the…
READING SPAN
The amount of text (written or typed) that a subject can absorb during a single movement of the eyes over…
RECEPTOR SITE
A region in the specialized membrane on the surface of the cell containin receptor molecules.
REDINTEGRATION
The action of reorganizing psychological processes once they've been disorganized by mental dysfunction, especially in psychoses. Also refers in general…