RATIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
A therapeutic approach developed primarily by Albert Ellis, based on the view that emotional difficulties are due to faulty, illogical…
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…
RECIPROCAL INHIBITION
The therapeutic technique that attempts to replace an undesired response with a more desirable one by counter conditioning. It requires…
RECOGNITORY ASSIMILATION
A form of sensorimotor intelligence identified by the discerning application of a scheme. For instance, a baby utilizes a sucking…
RECOVERY TIME
The duration necessary for a neural unit (e.g. neuron, muscle cell) to recuperate from a reaction before it will respond…
RED NUCLEUS
Structure in the rostral midbrain, a subcortical center of the extrapyramidal motor system. Receives information from the cerebellum and is…
REDUNDANT PREPUCE
Superfluous growth of foreskin (prepuce). May cause problems if foreskin cannot be drawn back over the glans.