RATE DEPENDENCY
As based in behavioral pharmacology, the magnitude of a drug's effect on response rate is dependent on the response rate…
RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (REBT)
Rational emotive behavior therapy attempts to teach an individual through behavioral and cognitive techniques to replace self-defeating thoughts to achieve…
REACTIVATION OF MEMORY
The act of retrieving a memory. The retrieval may be triggered by stimuli or other conditions present when the original…
READING DELAY
The lack of ability to read at the same competency as others for a given age.
RECEPTOR ADAPTATION
The fatigue shown by a receptor to a particular stimulus after repeated exposure.
RECIPROCAL-TEACHING PROCEDURE
A teaching strategy to facilitate a student's understanding of material already covered. It is also designed to reinforce retention of…
RECONSTITUTION 1
An overhaul of perspectives and ambitions; often the result of completion of the grieving process by subjects when illness produces…
REFLECTION RESPONSE
Response by a subject to the Rorshach test in which the inkblot appears to be a bilateral reflection of one…
REFORMATORY PARANOIA
A form of narcissism in which the subject plans to remake the world according to their ideals, and then try…
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
A technique for correlating the computation of the most likely value of one variable from the known value of another.…
REGULATORY SYSTEM
Interlocked contrivances which act to preserve homeostasis or other secured states within an organ or in an organism.
REINFORCEMENT CONTINGENCY
A positive or negative relationship with the reinforcer; can be attained by building dependencies between the reinforcer and the response,…
RELAPSE PREVENTION
Treatments employed following the successful cure for any condition or disease to lessen the chance of a relapse. See also:…