REPERTOIRE
Entire range of skills and behaviors that may be exhibited by humans or animals. Generally, a behavior that has been…
REPRESENTATIONAL SKILLS
Mental skills associated with comprehending surroundings in terms of mental representations.
REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
Any activity which leads to procreation of new individuals from parent organisms. Several components comprise reproductive behavior, including courtship rituals,…
RESEARCH REGISTER
Database, containing both completed and in-progress research studies, on a specific subject, which share a common design and funding source.
RESILIENCE
The ability to adapt or rebound quickly from change, illness, or bad fortune. Also known as: psychic resilience; psychological resilience.…
RESPIRATORY DISORDER
Any illness or malfunction affecting the respiratory system. See also: asthma; hyperventilation; pseudoasthma.
RESPONSE DEPRIVATION
A method to identify reinforcers in operant conditioning, prior to demonstration of efficacy.
RESPONSE-BY-ANALOGY PRINCIPLE
Abstract principle which posits that any organism in unfamiliar situations will respond in an analogous manner to earlier responses in…
RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA
Usually hereditary, a retinal disorder which exhibits increasing atrophy of the photoreceptors in the retinal pigment epithelium.
RETROGRESSION
Reappearance of a lapsed unacceptable behavior, or a return to a behavior which was acceptable at a previous stage of…
REVERSAL LEARNING
Discriminating between two opposing options, wherein the rewarded responses have been reversed after having been correlated with two different stimuli.
REVOLUTIONARY COALITION
Formation of a subgroup in a bigger organization which seeks to implement profound and extensive alterations in the operation and…
RHINENCEPHALON
Part of the brain which contains the limbic system and its attendant structures. Also known as: paleopallium.
RIDDOCH'S PHENOMENON
Ability to appreciate a small, moving object in an area of the visual field blind to static objects; especially associated…
RIGHTS OF PATIENTS
Rights which are considered inviolable for individuals who have been involuntarily legally committed to any treatment facility. These rights are…
RISK SENSITIVITY
Capability of an organism to discriminate between a habitat where resources are fairly stable over a long period versus a…
ROELOFS EFFECT
Departure from the norm in spatial perception wherein the intuitive placement of