RETROPULSION
Locomotion occurring in a backward fashion, marked by short steps. Usually seen in patients with Parkinson's disease.
REVERSAL THEORY
A method of explaining the emotion, personality, and motivation inherent in the relationship which exists between performance and arousal.
REWARD POWER
Capability to be influential which is founded on the aptitude to pledge delivery of coveted rewards.
RIGID FAMILY
Familial structure wherein rules are not questioned, and no lenience to those rules exists. May result in behavioral or emotional…
RISK-ASSESSMENT MATRIX
Technique in which a table is employed to order hazards based on the probability of the occurrence of a hazard,…
ROBERTS SYNDROME
Hereditary syndrome, transmitted as an autosomal-recessive trait, associated with imperfect formation of the long bones of the body, phocomelia or…
ROKEACH DOGMATISM SCALE
Designed to assess the extent to which an individual's belief systems are open or closed, as well as their levels…
ROLE THERAPY
In psychoanalysis, a process which makes use of a psychodrama occurring in reality. The patient chooses a role model, determines…
RORSCHACH, HERMANN
(1884-1922) Earning his medical doctorate at the University of Zurich in 1912, Hermann Rorschach, a Swiss psychiatrist, created the commonly…
RULE MODELING
Copying method wherein individuals learn how to manage their conduct by using the same guidelines which have been used by…
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC (RHC)
Health care clinic which operates in any area defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as non-urbanized, and located in areas…
RACIAL MEMORY
Cognitive thought patterns, emotions and experiences believed to be transmitted from generation to generation. These factors are believed by those…
RANDOM FACTOR
An experimental design factory whose levels in the design are selected by a random process.
RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
A design used in experiments where patients are randomly assigned to a group receiving a treatment or to one receiving…
RAPE-TRAUMA SYNDROME
The presence of symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder experienced by victims of rape and sexual assault. Symptoms of the…