RISPERIDONE
Second-generation, atypical antipsychotic, employed in the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, mixed and manic states characterizing bipolar disorder, and irritability…
ROBUSTNESS
Potential of a hypothesis-testing or approximation technique to generate legitimate measurements, despite transgressions against the presuppositions upon which the strategy…
ROLE CONFUSION
Doubt regarding a particular social or group task. Gender role behavior patterns typically correlated with the opposite gender. See also:…
ROUTE LEARNING
Finding out how to negotiate a course in a spatial environment by means of obtaining precise instructions, distances, and landmarks.…
RULE-BASED SYSTEM
Computer software wherein human practical knowledge is accumulated and employed as a series of "if-then" associations. See also: expert system;…
RADIAL MAZE
Used extensively to study spatial memory, a radial maze consists of arms radiating out from a central point. An animal…
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY (RIA)
A technique to determine the concentration of a substance in a blood or tissue sample. A mixture of the substance…
RANDOM OBSERVATION
An observation lacking planned execution. An observation without control or deliberation and not part of a schedule.
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT (REM)
Frequently observed during dreaming sleep. Rapid eye movement is coordinated movement of the eyes behind the eyelids.
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…