RELATIONSHIP
Particular type of connection between two or more entities or phenomena. A binding, usually continuous association between individuals wherein one…
REMOTE CAUSE
Origin of a problem which is separate from its effect, either due to space or time, but is still considered…
RESIDUAL ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER
A condition listed in DSM-III; child having been diagnosed with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed at a later date as…
RESTATEMENT
In a therapy situation, a therapist or counselor will repeat or rephrase a subject's own words to make certain that…
REVERBERATORY CIRCUIT
Neural circuits which as essentially always active, allowing impulses to repeatedly circulate after having been triggered by an initial stimulus…
ROD-AND-FRAME TEST (RFT)
An assessment employed to research the function of optical and gravitational signals in estimating the visual vertical. This is the…
ROTE REHEARSAL
Saying material repeatedly to oneself as a method of committing it to mind, especially with regard to a telephone number,…
SCAFFOLDING
Epistemological method of embodied cognition , wherein the environment that an agent functions within is observed as a sine qua…
SELECTIVE RETENTION
Variance between people in the ability to recall specific incidents pertaining to the vividness, accuracy and reliability, amount, and particular…
SELF-DIFFERENTIATION
a tendency to see recognition for your own [personality and uniqueness in a group. To find out how I am…
SELF-REGULATION
how we control our behaviour by self-monitoring desires as well as the desirable behaviour. Read about the self-control; self-management. Self-…
SEMANTIC NETWORK
a graph that captures semantic relationships and was created by research into artificial intelligences. This system has been used in…
SENTINEL BEHAVIOR
Animal behaviour. It is about a member of a group who will watch out for the predators and give a…
SEXUAL ANESTHESIA
the absence of normal sensations during sexual activity that can be psychogenic. You can also read about erectile dysfunction; female…
SHADOW JURY
a group of people hired by a consultant to watch a trial and report their impressions of evidence.
SIMULATION TRAINING
A job training technique that is not on the job but away from the job to teach a complex or…