RISPERIDONE
Second-generation, atypical antipsychotic, employed in the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, mixed and manic states characterizing bipolar disorder, and irritability…
ROBUSTNESS
Potential of a hypothesis-testing or approximation technique to generate legitimate measurements, despite transgressions against the presuppositions upon which the strategy…
ROLE CONFUSION
Doubt regarding a particular social or group task. Gender role behavior patterns typically correlated with the opposite gender. See also:…
ROUTE LEARNING
Finding out how to negotiate a course in a spatial environment by means of obtaining precise instructions, distances, and landmarks.…
RULE-BASED SYSTEM
Computer software wherein human practical knowledge is accumulated and employed as a series of "if-then" associations. See also: expert system;…
RADIAL NERVE
The sensory/motor nerve giving feeling and sense to the inner side of the forearm and hand. The fibers originate from…
RANDOM SAMPLING
Selecting individuals for a study by selecting them from a larger potential group. To be random, each is chosen in…
RANGE EFFECT
In tracking, the tendency of a subject to make compensating movements too large when the target is small and too…
RAPID SEQUENTIAL VISUAL PRESENTATION (RSVP)
Rapid sequential visual presentation is the methodology of presenting visual stimuli in a very short time span.
REACTION FORMATION
The psychoanalytical theory that as a defense mechanism, an individual will respond to unacceptable or threatening unconscious impulses by exhibiting…
READMISSION
The admission to a hospital on the part of a patient who was admitted prior and was released.
REALITY PRINCIPLE
The reality principle is a theory in psychoanalysis that defines it as representing the demands of the external world and…
REBIRTHING
A therapy featuring the use of continuous, focused breathing and deep reflection under the guidance of a "rebirther" practitioner. To…
RECEPTIVE CHARACTER
A theory of Erich Fromm. It describes a passive and compliant personality type. Such a personality is characterized as receptively…