REINFORCEMENT THEORY
Any approach which is constructed to detail the system of reinforcement.
REMEMBERING
To recall with effort or think of again. To retain information in memory. Spontaneously recalling information stored in the memory.
REPRODUCTION
Biologically, production of new individuals from parental entities in perpetuation of the species. May be sexual or asexual in nature.
RESPONSE RATE
Measure of the amount of responses which take place during a particular time period. Also known as: response frequency.
RETRIEVAL CUE
Some aid utilized to direct memory recollection. See also: cue-dependent forgetting; ecphoria; encoding specificity principle.
RISK FACTOR
Any behavioral, hereditary, environmental, or other consideration which increases the likelihood of developing a disease or disorder, or becoming involved…
RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST
Psychological projective examination in which a subject's interpretations of a series of bilaterally symmetrical inkblots are studied as in indicator…
SATELLITE MALE
In animal groups, a male which acts peripherally to a dominant territorial male. Does not attempt to attract mates by…
SECONDARY TASK
Ergonomically, any job which is subordinate or incidental to the primary job where multiple tasks are required for completion.
SELECTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING
Making sense of attitude-relevant details in a prejudiced fashion. Though numerous possible biases are feasible, it has customarily been presumed…
SELF-CONSISTENCY PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY
a variation of cognitive dissonance theory stating it is likely to occur when an inconsistency involves an aspect of self.…
SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCT
the organism's act to save itself from any injury and to maximize its safety. It is a natural tendency found…
SEMANTIC GENERALIZATION
This results from Pavlovian conditioning where a word or phrase acts as a stimulus because it shares a similar or…
SENSORY PRECONDITIONING
It is a form of Pavlovian conditioning by pairing 2 neutral stimuli as well as pairing one of those stimuli…
SEX TYPING
any behaviour that results from socialisation about what a male of female should do.
SEXUAL TRAUMA
It is a disturbing experiences relating to sex, such as rape and other sex offences. It is just like a…
SKILL LEARNING
the learning of a task to give accuracy, speed and performance after a high degree of practice. Skills may be…