RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Treating a member of one particular racial or ethnic group differently than one from another racial or ethnic group based…
RADICALISM
Any stated position addressing the basics of an idea or issue. For example, a radical criticism goes immediately to the…
RANDOM CONTROL
In pavlovian conditioning, a certain condition where both conditioned and unconditioned stimuli are shown with equal probability but independent of…
RANKING METHOD
A method of evaluating jobs for the purpose of setting just compensation. Jobs are ranked in relation to their relative…
RAYLEIGH SCATTERING
The scattering of sunlight by molecules in the atmosphere. The amount of scattering depends on the wavelength of the light.…
REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER
As clarified in DSM-IV-TR, A disorder of infancy and early childhood with symptoms of inappropriate social relations. It is further…
REALISTIC GROUP-CONFLICT THEORY
A concept based on the assumption that group conflicts such as rivalries and war-like actions will occur whenever groups are…
REASONABLE RESISTANCE STANDARD
A standard of resistance in rape cases. It is defined as the amount of resistance that would reasonably show that…
RECAPITULATION THEORY
Also referred to as biogenetic law, the theory states that embryonic development of an organism will mirror the evolutionary development…
RECESSIVE ALLELE
A type of gene allele that maifests its effect only if it is present on both member of a homologous…
RECIPROCITY NORM
A social rule of conduct that states that people who help others will receive equivalent benefit from them in return.
RECONSTRUCTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
Mental therapy aimed at fundamental and comprehensive adjustment of a subject's personality by improving the subject's comprehension of personality growth,…
RECURRENT COLLATERAL INHIBITION
A system of negative feedback which allows Renshaw cells to inhibit a neuron by communicating through a branched axon loop…
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM
A type of legitimate, rational argument, by which a principle is disproven by demonstrating that it results in a contradiction,…
REFERENCED COGNITIVE TEST
Cognitive function examination which has been normalized, allowing performance to be compared among individuals.
REFLECTIVITY-IMPULSIVITY
Known as cognitive tempo, a cognitive approach that defines the extent to which a subject differs in their ability to…