RHABDOMANCY
Dowsing with a rod or wand for water, treasure, or minerals, using a forked tree branch.
RHYTHMIC STIMULATION
Automated reaction of a pulsating light distinguished by harmonization of the electroencephalogram pattern to the pulse frequency.
RIGHT TO TREATMENT
A legal right, recognized at various tiers of government, which guarantees that individuals with disabilities or dysfunctions (typically chronic, prolonged,…
RISK ASSESSMENT
Determination of potential threat which could be posed by an individual upon their release from custody wherein the individual has…
RITE OF PASSAGE
Ceremony signifying an event in an individual's life which indicates transition from one stage to the next, beginning in adolescence…
ROCK V ARKANSAS
A 1987 court case leading to a judgment by the United States Supreme Court, declaring it a violation of due…
ROLE DIFFERENTIATION
In communities or various other social models, the steady rise in the quantity of tasks and decline in the range…
ROMANTICISM
Complex artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained…
ROTARY PURSUIT TEST
Examination wherein an individual has to follow an erratic or revolving target with some indicator device like a pointer.
RULES OF INFERENCE
Guidelines for the development of rational comments proclaiming which types of speculation are legitimate from which types of assumption. See…
RANGE FRACTIONATION
Hypothetically, range fractionation states the a wide range of values describing intensity can be encoded by cells, each one a…
RAPPROCHEMENT
A state of cordial relations between individuals or groups. 2. In the theory put forth by Austrian child psychoanalyst Margaret…
RATIO SCALE
A measurement scale where zero is a true absence of the measured attribute and a constant ratio of values is…
RATIONALIZATION
An explanation in which apparently logical reasons are given to justify unacceptable behavior. In psychoanalytical theory, such an outlook is…
REACTION TIME (RT)
The time that passes between the introduction of a stimulus and the reaction by the subject to that stimulus.
READERSHIP-SURVEY TECHNIQUE
A technique to determine to what extent a subject has absorbed the content of the copy in an advertisement. The…