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…
SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
Method wherein individuals select from the endless variety of stimuli provided to the sensory faculties at any one point in…
PREVERBAL CONSTRUCT
Proposed first by U.S psychologist George A. Kelly (1905 to 1967), a preverbal construct was conceptualized before language capabilities were…
PRIMARY RELATIONSHIP
One's closest relationship. The one relationship the individual deems important enough to invest large amounts of time, energy and physical…
PROBABILITY LEARNING
Probability learning is a principle that states the probability of a response tends to reflect the probability of the reinforcement.
PROGRAM EVALUATION
Program evaluation is the application of social research tools that contribute to decisions on installation, continuation, expansion, certification or modification…
PSYCHIC DETERMINISM
Psychic determinism is the position (most commonly credited to Freud) that psychic events occur because of an underlying cause that…
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT
Any cognitive, emotional or behavioral performance of an individual that is below average.
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.