RATIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
A therapeutic approach developed primarily by Albert Ellis, based on the view that emotional difficulties are due to faulty, illogical…
RACE NORMING
A practice in personnel selection where a different cut-off score is assigned to an applicant depending on their race. It…
RADICAL EMPIRICISM
A position in psychology supported by William James early in the 2oth century. The basics of which are that no…
RANDOM-DOT STEREOGRAM
A stereogram composed of two images, each containing black and with dots (sometimes squares). A large proportion of the dots…
RANGE OF MOTION (ROM)
The degree of motion a joint can't achieve without damage. For example the degree to which a person can move…
RAVEN'S PROGRESSIVE MATRICES
A nonverbal test consisting of abstract designs, each missing one part. The participant chooses what they believe to be the…
READING AGE (RDA)
The ability of a student to read, based on a scale relating to the peer group of the same level…
REAL-IDEAL SELF CONGRUENCE
The extent to which a person's ideals of themselves and their actual traits agree. A large discrepancy between the two…
REAL-TIME AMPLIFICATION
A technique to improve voice quality and diction. The subject speaks into a microphone that is connected to an amplifier…
REBUS WRITING
A graphic representation of the sounds of a language. By using one symbol to represent a sound, the number of…
RECIPROCAL ROLES
Behavior patterns shown by those in a particular position in a group in response to others' patterns of behavior in…
RECONDITIONING THERAPY
A behavioral therapy in which the subject is habituated to replace displeasing reactions with pleasing ones. See also: aversion therapy.
RECTAL ADMINISTRATION
Application of medicines by placement in the rectal cavity. Generally a suppository that can be absorbed by the rectal mucosa.
REDINTEGRATION
The action of reorganizing psychological processes once they've been disorganized by mental dysfunction, especially in psychoses. Also refers in general…
REENTRANT NEURAL ACTIVITY
Neural areas with many parallel connections mutually exchange signals. Allows activity to be associated in disparate regions of the brain.