REACTANCE THEORY
The theory describing a motivational state consisting of distress, anxiety and desire to restore freedoms taken away when an individual…
REACTIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA
A sudden onset of schizophrenic behavior in response to environmental factors. The prognosis for eventual recovery is generally more optimistic…
READING SPAN
The amount of text (written or typed) that a subject can absorb during a single movement of the eyes over…
REALITY ORIENTATION
A treatment strategy in which the therapist reduces his client's confusion regarding time, place or their personhood. The therapist constantly…
RECEPTIVE APHASIA
An aphasia characterized by the inability to understand words, signs or gestures. The sufferer may hear words or see words…
RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM
An assertion that a reciprocal relation exists among environment, behavior and the individual. That is to say, that instead of…
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.
REDUNDANT CODING
In computer programming, source code or program that contains any form of redundancy.
REFERENTIAL SIGNAL
Indications provided by an animal which appear to supply information regarding certain environmental events and objects.
REFLEX INTEGRATION
Combination of two or more reflexes into an integrated, more complex whole.
REFUTATION
Logical or philosophical method of proving that a specific theory or statement is invalid.
REGRESSIVE ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY
No longer practiced, an electroconvulsive therapy which was performed multiple times per day on schizophrenic subjects after other treatments were…
REICHIAN ANALYSIS
System of thought championed by Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) in which orgastic potency was the main benchmark of mental health; very…
REITAN INDIANA APHASIA SCREENING TEST
A component of the Halsted-Reitan Neuropshychological Battery, a 32-item exam which evaluates language usage, constructional praxis, calculation, and the right-left…
RELATIONAL PRIMACY HYPOTHESIS
Hypothesis stating that analytical thinking is attainable during early infancy and that even young infants can comprehend or solve problems…
RELAXATION
State of being relaxed. Refreshment of mind and body. Reduction in intensity of tension or vigor. Musculature returning to an…
RELIABILITY OF COMPOSITES
Reliability of the various components of a test or measurement device. See also: composite reliability.