RATIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
A therapeutic approach developed primarily by Albert Ellis, based on the view that emotional difficulties are due to faulty, illogical…
RACIAL MEMORY
Cognitive thought patterns, emotions and experiences believed to be transmitted from generation to generation. These factors are believed by those…
RANDOM FACTOR
An experimental design factory whose levels in the design are selected by a random process.
RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
A design used in experiments where patients are randomly assigned to a group receiving a treatment or to one receiving…
RAPE-TRAUMA SYNDROME
The presence of symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder experienced by victims of rape and sexual assault. Symptoms of the…
RATIONAL SOUL
The rational soul is a term used by Greek philosopher Aristotle. It described the human soul. A rational soul has…
REACTIVE DISORDER
An archaic term for a mental disorder precipitated by environmental or traumatic events.
READING MACHINE
A machine designed to aid individuals with visual impairment. The device consists of an optical scanner, character recognition software and…
REALISTIC THINKING
Realistic thinking is encapsulated thinking processes grounded in an honest appraisal of all relevant data and conditions in different situations.…
REASONING MANIA
An episode of mania where the ability to deduce and reason are not impaired by psychosis.
RECEIVER-OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE (ROC CURVE)
The relationship between the correct "yes" responses and the proportion of incorrect "yes" responses. That information is then plotted as…
RECOGNITION
A sense of familiarity when encountering people, events or objects that have previously been encountered. It also pertains to material…
RECORD KEEPING
Necessary in most forms of therapy, notes on subject are cataloged and filed for future use, including reference and training…
RECURRENT DEPRESSION
An extreme depressive malady in which two or more major bouts of depression have occurred.
REDUCTION TO ESSENCE RULE
In application of the fuzzy trace theory, the presumption that individuals across all age ranges are biased to obtain the…
REFERENCE-GROUP THEORY
Concept which posits that any individual's outlook regarding values, attitudes, etc., is shaped by their self-identification with a specific reference…