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REFLEX LATENCY

Elapsed time between a stimulus and a reflex response. See also: central reflex time.

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

Branch of applied medicine which researches the body's natural ability to self-heal, as well as the means by which self-healing

REGRESSIVE RECONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH

Psychotherapeutic method where the subject is pushed to relive traumatic events (and to re-experience the emotional intensity of those events)

REIFICATION

To regard an abstraction as something concrete or material; a conversion of abstract concepts into a material or concrete existence.

REITAN-KLOVE SENSORY PERCEPTUAL EXAMINATION

A component of the Halsted-Reitan Neuropshychological Battery, measures visual, tactile, and auditory sensory function bilaterally on the subject's body. Also

RELATIONAL RESEARCH

Ascertaining the potency of a relationship in relation to two or more variables.

RELAXATION TECHNIQUE

Therapeutic approach which aims to reduce stress or encourage relaxation.

RELIEF

Feeling of gladness that an unpleasant or painful thing has not occurred or has ceased. Mitigation of distress or pain.

REMEDIAL READING

Educational process which helps a student transition from reading skills that are far below average to a more acceptable level

REMOTE MASKING

Concealment of an auditory signal by means which are a much higher frequency than the signal itself. See also: auditory

REPARAMETERIZATION

Redefining necessary or complete parameters within a model to reduce technical problems in the outcome of a general linear model.

REPLICATION PLANE

In attempting to replicate a study, a plane developed by crossing the study with its effect size.

REPRESSION

Psychological act of excluding impulses or desires from consciousness. Exclusion of a specific event from the memory and having no

RES COGITANS

Literally translated from Latin as

RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Treatment offered in residential facilities, hospitals, or other settings which offer residential accommodations.

RESOURCE ALLOCATION

Process by which resources are distributed among different agencies or areas of service.

RESPONSE ACQUIESCENCE

Inclination of any research participant to answer in the affirmative, regardless of the question's content.

RESPONSE SELECTION

Transitional phase of processing information during which a response to a given stimulus is decided upon.

RESTITUTION

Action taken in which something is rightfully restored which had been lost or stolen; making good or compensating for a

RETENTION

Endurance of behaviors which have been learned or acquired when the behavior is not being utilized; signified by being able