RIBOT'S LAW 1
Theory which states that the newest memories are the most susceptible to interruption from brain damage.
RIGHT-HEMISPHERE CONSCIOUSNESS
Assumption which is made regarding the right cerebral hemisphere as being conscious, as with the left hemisphere, despite the fact…
RISK FACTOR
Any behavioral, hereditary, environmental, or other consideration which increases the likelihood of developing a disease or disorder, or becoming involved…
RITUAL AHUSE
Defined as systematic sexual, physical, and psychological abuse which is carried out over a long period of time, usually against…
ROD VISION
Vision which is completely dependent on structures within the retina called rods, which function properly only in dim lighting conditions.…
ROLE MODEL
Person or group who knowingly or unknowingly inspires others to imitate their persona; role model may be a real person,…
ROOMING-IN
Procedure in certain hospitals which allows a newborn to stay in the same room as the mother following birth, giving…
ROTATIONAL AFTEREFFECT (RAE)
Movement after-effect that is generated by the cessation of a revolving stimulus . Once the rotational motion of the stimulus…
R-TECHNIQUE FACTOR ANALYSIS
Component evaluation of an association matrix wherein changeable quantities are interconnected; or rather, associations between the factors themselves are analyzed.
RUMINATION DISORDER
Childhood eating dysfunction identified in DSM-IV-TR wherein the affected individual regurgitates partly processed food items and chews it again before…
RABIES ENCEPHALITIS
Inflammation of the brain caused by rabies virus transmitted through an animal bite.
RADICAL BEHAVIORISM
Radical behaviorism is the school of thought that behavior, rather than consciousness should be the primary topic for study when…
RAMP MOVEMENT
Also referred to as smooth movement, ramp movement is slow, sustained movement generated in the basal ganglia.
RANDOM-DIGIT DIALING
Used in telephone sampling, the researcher selects the area code and then allows software to generate the last digits randomly.
RANGE OF MINUS JUDGMENTS
Arrived at by subtracting the lowest judgment from the highest, this range measures perceptual judgments in a psychological experiment.
RASCH MODEL
Proposed by Danish statistician Georg Rasch, the simples mode for the item response theory consisting of only a single parameter:…
RATIO STRAIN
Ratio strain occurs on a subject when long intervals of time are scheduled between reinforcements.
RAUWOLFIA DERIVATIVES
A class of alkaloids from the same genus of plants as Hindu snakeroot. They are sedatives and anti-hypertensives.
REACTIONAL BIOGRAPHY
In employment interviews, a reactional biography gathers an applicant's accounts of past employment experiences. These accounts can shed a great…
READINESS TEST
A testing technique with the intent of predicting how well an individual is prepared to benefit from instruction in a…