RECOGNITION TECHNIQUE
Performed by readership-survey, a study method utilized in consumer psychology to determine consumer recognition of a product they profess to…
RECOVERY OF FUNCTION
Partial or complete return to normal activity or function of a specific organ or body part after trauma or disease.
RED NUCLEUS
Structure in the rostral midbrain, a subcortical center of the extrapyramidal motor system. Receives information from the cerebellum and is…
REDUNDANT PREPUCE
Superfluous growth of foreskin (prepuce). May cause problems if foreskin cannot be drawn back over the glans.
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.
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…
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
Treatment offered in residential facilities, hospitals, or other settings which offer residential accommodations.