REACTIVE DISORDER
An archaic term for a mental disorder precipitated by environmental or traumatic events.
READING MACHINE
A machine designed to aid individuals with visual impairment. The device consists of an optical scanner, character recognition software and…
REALISTIC THINKING
Realistic thinking is encapsulated thinking processes grounded in an honest appraisal of all relevant data and conditions in different situations.…
REASONING MANIA
An episode of mania where the ability to deduce and reason are not impaired by psychosis.
RECEIVER-OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE (ROC CURVE)
The relationship between the correct "yes" responses and the proportion of incorrect "yes" responses. That information is then plotted as…
RECOGNITION
A sense of familiarity when encountering people, events or objects that have previously been encountered. It also pertains to material…
RECORD KEEPING
Necessary in most forms of therapy, notes on subject are cataloged and filed for future use, including reference and training…
RECURRENT DEPRESSION
An extreme depressive malady in which two or more major bouts of depression have occurred.
REDUCTION TO ESSENCE RULE
In application of the fuzzy trace theory, the presumption that individuals across all age ranges are biased to obtain the…
REFERENCE-GROUP THEORY
Concept which posits that any individual's outlook regarding values, attitudes, etc., is shaped by their self-identification with a specific reference…
REFRACTORY MENTAL ILLNESS
Mental disability or disease which fails to respond to treatment, remaining problematic to cure.
REGRESSION IN THE SERVICE OF THE EGO
A versatile avoidance of routine ego function in an effort to gain access to primitive elements (as in primary process),…
REHABILITATION MEDICINE
Medicine specializing in the growth of a subject to obtain their best physical, social, cognitive, educational, and psychological capacity, in…
REINFORCEMENT THERAPY
Therapy founded on operant reconditioning and utilizing positive reinforcement to begin and advance behavioral modification. See also: reinforcement counseling.
RELATIONAL DISCRIMINATION
Discrimination which occurs because of a relationship between or among stimuli rather than because of the absolute features of the…
RELATIVE PITCH
Capability of identifying a pitch of sound correctly by using internal references to pitch. Compare with: absolute pitch.
RELEASING HORMONE
One of many different peptides emitted by the hypothalamus, secreted directly into the anterior pituitary gland by a vein which…
REM REBOUND
Lengthening and increasing frequency and depth of REM sleep. Often occurs after a period of sleep deprivation