REGRESSION ANALYSIS
A technique for correlating the computation of the most likely value of one variable from the known value of another.…
RELIABILITY OF COMPOSITES
Reliability of the various components of a test or measurement device. See also: composite reliability.
REPRESENTATIONAL THOUGHT
Mental cognizance which relies on the use of symbols, including language, images, and other symbology.
RETICULAR FORMATION
Comprehensive network of connections containing nerve cell bodies and fibers in the brain stem. Originating in the medulla oblogata and…
RIBOT'S LAW 1
Theory which states that the newest memories are the most susceptible to interruption from brain damage.
ROLE REVERSAL
Strategy intended for treatment and instructive reasons wherein someone swaps roles with somebody else, so as to encounter different thinking…
SALIENCE HYPOTHESIS
The standard principle of perceptual experience dependent upon which particularly salient stimuli (items, individuals, meanings, and so forth) should be…
SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY
Psychological information, methods, and approaches which have been produced and authenticated using the scientific method, and rely on objective assessment…
SECONDARY MEMORY (SM)
Memory that maintains numerous things fairly perpetually, as opposed to primary memory. Originally denoting dual-storage memory models prior to its…
SELECTIVE AGENT
Aspect of the surroundings which applies selection pressures, leading to natural selection.
SELF-BLAMING DEPRESSION
the name for a major depressive episode where an unreasonable guilt is evident. This depression is experienced because a person…
SELF-INVENTORY
a question are used by a person to check the characteristics they perceive to apply to themselves.
SELF-VERBALIZATION
where we talk to ourselves out loud that can be a cognitive strategy to foster internal self-regulation by a verbally…
SENSE OF COHERENCE
a perception of having clarity or intelligibility, being capable of thinking and expressing yourself clearly. 2. The ability to present…
SENSORY MEMORY
brief memory storage of sensory information which holds material before it is recoded for other memory or for comprehension. It…
SERIAL POSITION CURVE
a graphic representation of items remembered as a function of the order they were presented in. Item sat the beginning…
SEXUAL IMPRINTING
when an animal or bird develops a preference for a sexual partner. Birds will socialise with birds they are exposed…
SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY (SDT)
a collection of concepts and techniques from communication theory, electrical engineering and decision theory that was used in WWII to…
SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY
a leadership theory that says the leaders should use different amounts of supportive and directive leadership that is dependent on…