REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION
A defense mechanism employed to avoid the arrival of, and having to respond to, threatening stimuli.
RESIDUAL ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER
A condition listed in DSM-III; child having been diagnosed with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed at a later date as…
RESOURCE DEFENSE POLYGYNY
Polygyny which may occur when a male defends territory with sufficient resources for more than one female to breed and…
RESPONSE CIRCUIT
A neural pathway which originates at the receptor and concludes at the effector.
RESPONSE STYLE
A set of responses generally emanating from dispositional factors instead of situational ones.
RESTORATION EFFECT
Circumstances wherein the mind instinctively restores facts or information absent in a stimulus. See also: closure.
RETEST RELIABILITY
Estimation of the accuracy of a test or measurement material, attained from the correlation of scores for the same individual…
RETINAL OSCILLATIONS
Vacillations of visual input which continue following limited visual stimulus.
RETROGRADE AMNESIA
Loss of ability to recall events which happened just prior to the onset of amnesia. See also: temporal gradient. Compare…
REVERBERATORY CIRCUIT
Neural circuits which as essentially always active, allowing impulses to repeatedly circulate after having been triggered by an initial stimulus…
RIBOT'S LAW 1
Theory which states that the newest memories are the most susceptible to interruption from brain damage.
RIGHT-HEMISPHERE CONSCIOUSNESS
Assumption which is made regarding the right cerebral hemisphere as being conscious, as with the left hemisphere, despite the fact…
RISK FACTOR
Any behavioral, hereditary, environmental, or other consideration which increases the likelihood of developing a disease or disorder, or becoming involved…
RITUAL AHUSE
Defined as systematic sexual, physical, and psychological abuse which is carried out over a long period of time, usually against…
ROD VISION
Vision which is completely dependent on structures within the retina called rods, which function properly only in dim lighting conditions.…
ROLE EXPECTATIONS
Beliefs concerning the qualities, behaviors, and characteristics suitable to a specific role; could be conveyed to the role's holder by…
ROMBERG'S SIGN
A diagnostically important signal of specific neurological afflictions, such as locomotor ataxia, comprised of a swaying movement and disequilibrium when…