RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA (RSA)
Routine propensity of the heart rate to climb or slow synchronous, though slightly out of rhythm, with the rate of…
RESPONSE INTEGRATION
Procedure of bringing together simple reflexes and motions to form more sophisticated responses.
RESPONSE-SHOCK INTERVAL (R-S INTERVAL)
Time period whereby each response delays an aversive stimulus.
RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION
Diminution of exposure to an organism of ambient external stimulus.
RETINOSCOPE
Instrument whose primary function is to appraise the refractive state of the eye.
RETRONASAL OLFACTION
The phenomenon of sensing smells, coming into being in the nasopharynx, caused by some odor causing agent in the mouth.…
REVERSAL SHIFT
Discriminating between two opposing options, an inversion of contingencies in comparison to an immediately antecedent set. Compare with: nonreversal set.
RHINOLALIA
Nasal quality of the voice, usually resulting from a malformation or disease of the nasal passages.
RIDIT ANALYSIS
Scoring classification utilized in categorical analysis wherein the score for the category is the median rank score on the consequent…
RIGHTSTART PROGRAM
Program which seeks to improve mathematical ability in young children, usually elementary students, made up of a 20 hour program,…
RISK TOLERANCE
Extent to which a person is amenable to being endangered in pursuit of a goal or task completion. Amount of…
ROBBERS' CAVE EXPERIMENT
Series of experiments in which boys from intact, middle-class families who were carefully screened to ensure psychological normalcy, and put…
ROGERS, CARL
(1902-1987) Obtaining a doctorate from the Teachers College of Columbia University in 1931, Carl Rogers was a U.S. psychologist. He…
RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST
Psychological projective examination in which a subject's interpretations of a series of bilaterally symmetrical inkblots are studied as in indicator…
ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE PLAY (R K T PLAY)
Energetic type of locomotion or playing, including chasing, grappling, and horseplay, which is common in childhood and identified more often…
RULE LEARNING
Pertaining to psychology studies, the method wherein an individual steadily gains understanding of a set but unstated criterion that defines,…
RURAL ENVIRONMENT
Surroundings generally identified by open terrain and limited habitation; distant from metropolitan areas and urban centers; with an economic system…