RODS OF CORTI
A dual row of inflexible tower-like arrangements which make up an arch in the tunnel of Corti within the cochlea.
ROOTEDNESS
In Erich Fromm's psychoanalytic theory, imperative to originate relationships or links with other individuals which offer emotional safety and function…
ROTE LEARNING
Form of trying to learn wherein obtaining knowledge takes place by means of memory drills and repetition, in some cases…
RUBIN'S FIGURE
An equivocal shape which may be identified both as being a single goblet or as two faces in profile. Also…
RUMOR-INTENSITY FORMULA
Method that tries to clarify the reasons why certain gossip continues to persist or escalate while other ones dwindle and…
RACHISCHISIS
A birth defect in which a fissure appears in the spinal column. Think spina bifida.
RADICAL PSYCHIATRY
A theory in psychiatry that proposes a client's psychological problems are the result of being victimized by social, economic and…
RANDOM-INTERVAL SCHEDULE (RI SCHEDULE)
A schedule dealing with reinforcement in which the duration of the interval varies randomly from reinforcement to reinforcement.
RANK ORDER CORRELATION
A measure of degrees of relationships amongst two variables. The variables must have been placed in ranks.
READING DISABILITY
A reading ability judged to be below a competency expected for a typical childe in the same age group and…
REALISM FACTOR
The effect of independent and objective influences in judging art. These are in contrast to judgments influenced by subjective or…
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
An effort within a work place or school to allow any individual with a physical, cognitive or psychiatric disability to…
RECALL METHOD
Evaluating memory as regards the amount of learned memory reproducible. An example would be an essay exam answer. Recall can…
RECEPTOR POTENTIAL
The electic potential that is the result of stimulating a receptor cell. It is roughly proportinal to the intensity of…