REWARDED ALTERNATIVE METHOD
Technique which supplants rewards for undesired behavior with rewards for appropriate, desired behavior.
RIGHT BRAIN
Cerebral hemisphere located on the right of the corpus callosum which controls the left side of the body. See also:…
RISKY IIIN, RISK-AS-FEELINGS THEORY
Concept which states decisions made in scenarios including an element of danger are frequently based on emotionally charged responses, including…
ROLANDIC CORTEX
Motor area of the cerebral cortex lying just anterior to the central sulcus and comprising part of the precentral gyrus;…
ROLE-DIVIDED PSYCHOTHERAPY
Method of group psychoanalysis wherein participants get together for a portion of the treatment period without the counselor and then…
ROSENTHAL EFFECT
Theory which posits that the expectations of an experimenter concerning the results of an experiment may have an unconscious effect…
ROUGHNESS DISCRIMINATION TEST
Evaluation of somatosensory response wherein individuals touch various surfaces and are then asked to conclude which has the greatest degree…
RULE OF ABSTINENCE
During psychoanalysis, the guideline that the individual ought to refrain from any gratifications which may divert him or her from…
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE
A radioactive isotope is an isotope of an element radiating during its decay to a stable form. All isotopes have…
RANDOM MATING
At first, the idea that animals mated without specific mate selection held sway. However, it is now believed that random…
RANDOMIZED-GROUP DESIGN
A design used in experimentation in which the subjects are randomly assigned to either a control group or experimental group…
RAPHE NUCLEUS
Saprogenic neurons located in the brainstem the project to the spinal cord, thalamus, basal ganglia and cerebral cortex.
RATIONAL THINKING
Thinking based on logical rules. A theory embraced by U.S. psychologist Jonathon Baron.
REACTIVE INHIBITION
In the deductive theory of learning, a tendency for response magnitude to a stimulus decreasing with increasing exposure or fatigue