ROLE MODEL
Person or group who knowingly or unknowingly inspires others to imitate their persona; role model may be a real person,…
ROOMING-IN
Procedure in certain hospitals which allows a newborn to stay in the same room as the mother following birth, giving…
ROTATIONAL AFTEREFFECT (RAE)
Movement after-effect that is generated by the cessation of a revolving stimulus . Once the rotational motion of the stimulus…
R-TECHNIQUE FACTOR ANALYSIS
Component evaluation of an association matrix wherein changeable quantities are interconnected; or rather, associations between the factors themselves are analyzed.
RUMINATION DISORDER
Childhood eating dysfunction identified in DSM-IV-TR wherein the affected individual regurgitates partly processed food items and chews it again before…
RACE NORMING
A practice in personnel selection where a different cut-off score is assigned to an applicant depending on their race. It…
RADICAL EMPIRICISM
A position in psychology supported by William James early in the 2oth century. The basics of which are that no…
RANDOM-DOT STEREOGRAM
A stereogram composed of two images, each containing black and with dots (sometimes squares). A large proportion of the dots…
RANGE OF MOTION (ROM)
The degree of motion a joint can't achieve without damage. For example the degree to which a person can move…
RAVEN'S PROGRESSIVE MATRICES
A nonverbal test consisting of abstract designs, each missing one part. The participant chooses what they believe to be the…
READING AGE (RDA)
The ability of a student to read, based on a scale relating to the peer group of the same level…
REAL-IDEAL SELF CONGRUENCE
The extent to which a person's ideals of themselves and their actual traits agree. A large discrepancy between the two…
REAL-TIME AMPLIFICATION
A technique to improve voice quality and diction. The subject speaks into a microphone that is connected to an amplifier…
REBUS WRITING
A graphic representation of the sounds of a language. By using one symbol to represent a sound, the number of…
RECIPROCAL ROLES
Behavior patterns shown by those in a particular position in a group in response to others' patterns of behavior in…