REPEATED ACQUISITION
Procedure in which the first stages of learning are repeated while the sequence changes from one test period to the…
REPRESENTATIONAL INSIGHT
The understanding that one object can be used as a stand-in for another.
REPRODUCTION
Biologically, production of new individuals from parental entities in perpetuation of the species. May be sexual or asexual in nature.
RESEARCH ETHICS
Application of fundamental, ethical precepts for a variety of topics. Also known as: experimental ethics.
RESIDUAL VISION
Visual process which is generally nonconscious, usually spared when conscious vision is lost due to primary visual (striate) cortex damage.
RESOURCE THEORY
Theory of interpersonal relations which posits that the amount of resources held by each participant will affect the nature of…
RESPONSE COST
Conditioning process in which specific responses result in punishment, usually the loss of valued resources. See also: negative punishment.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Method of application for criminal justice where the focus is on rehabilitating offenders and making reparation to victims.
RETICULAR MEMBRANE
A net-like membrane covering the spiral organ of the ear; the free ends of the outer hair cells pass through…
RETROGRADE TRANSPORT
Travel along a neural axon of specific substances toward the body of the cell. See also: axonal transport.
REVERSAL ERROR
Characteristic of dyslexia when inappropriate to level of development, error wherein a letter or word is written in an inverted…
REVIVIFICATION
Method of hypnosis wherein suggestion is employed to coax an individual to revive buried or suppressed memories.
RHINAL FISSURE
In the brain, a cleft present on the anterior medial surface of each temporal lobe. Also known as: rhinal sulcus.
RIGHT-LEFT ORIENTATION TEST
Any evaluative measure which discerns the aptitude to effectively differentiate right and left directions.
RISK PERCEPTION
Risk as it is assessed through individual judgment as correlated with specific dangers. Past experiences, age, gender, and culture all…
RIVASTIGMINE
Marketed under the trade name Exelon, a parasympathomimetic or cholinergic agent in treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's-type dementia and…
RODS OF CORTI
A dual row of inflexible tower-like arrangements which make up an arch in the tunnel of Corti within the cochlea.