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…
RECIPROCITY
Reciprocity is the act, process or situation in which one person has received a benefit from another and in return…
RECONSTRUCTION
During psychoanalysis, the review and examination of past events which have resulted in current emotional problems. Also, the analytical rebuilding…
RECUPERATIVE THEORY
A concept that the function of sleeping is to enable the physical body to recover internal homeostasis.
REDIRECTED BEHAVIOR
Actions taken that do not seem to be applicable in the context wherein they are undertaken. See: displacement behavior.
REEVALUATION COUNSELING
A method of co-counseling allowing two participants to alternate roles as counselor and subject. The purpose of such methods is…