REACTIVE DEPRESSION
A major depressive episode brought on by an apparent event or situation such as the loss of a job or…
READING LADDER
Advancing a student's reading ability by progressing through a prescribed order of increasingly difficult reading assignments. 2. a list of…
REALISTIC JOB PREVIEW (RJP)
The idea that being honest in assessing the pro's and con's of a job to a potential employee is best…
RECESSIVE TRAIT
a trait that is expressed in an organism if it's determinate allele is carried on both members of homologours pair…
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Specialization in the surgical field directed at reconstruction, enhancement, improvement, or replacement of defective or imperfect bodily structures. See also:…
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.
REFRACTORY MENTAL ILLNESS
Mental disability or disease which fails to respond to treatment, remaining problematic to cure.
REGRESSION IN THE SERVICE OF THE EGO
A versatile avoidance of routine ego function in an effort to gain access to primitive elements (as in primary process),…
REHABILITATION MEDICINE
Medicine specializing in the growth of a subject to obtain their best physical, social, cognitive, educational, and psychological capacity, in…
REINFORCEMENT THERAPY
Therapy founded on operant reconditioning and utilizing positive reinforcement to begin and advance behavioral modification. See also: reinforcement counseling.
RELATIONAL DISCRIMINATION
Discrimination which occurs because of a relationship between or among stimuli rather than because of the absolute features of the…
RELATIVE PITCH
Capability of identifying a pitch of sound correctly by using internal references to pitch. Compare with: absolute pitch.
RELEASING HORMONE
One of many different peptides emitted by the hypothalamus, secreted directly into the anterior pituitary gland by a vein which…
REM REBOUND
Lengthening and increasing frequency and depth of REM sleep. Often occurs after a period of sleep deprivation