RESPONSE PREVENTION
Behavioral therapeutic method employed to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder wherein the sufferer is exposed to cues which elicit compulsive or obsessive…
RESTATEMENT
In a therapy situation, a therapist or counselor will repeat or rephrase a subject's own words to make certain that…
RESURGENCE
A renewal of a response which has been reinforced and then stifled in an interval of extinction for another, secondarily…
RETINAL DENSITOMETRY
Technique utilized to study pigments in vivo. Measurement of the small fraction of light reflected by pigment epithelium in the…
RETROSPECTIVE AUDIT
Practice in health administration which allows determination of medical necessity and suitable billing procedures for previously rendered services.
REVERSE CAUSALITY
In determining the elements of causal relationships, frequent mistake of confusing the cause with the effect, or the converse.
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…