RULE-ASSESSMENT APPROACH
Concept which describes intellectual growth with respect to the regulations and progressively more potent tactics children employ to resolve difficulties.…
RADIAL MAZE
Used extensively to study spatial memory, a radial maze consists of arms radiating out from a central point. An animal…
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY (RIA)
A technique to determine the concentration of a substance in a blood or tissue sample. A mixture of the substance…
RANDOM OBSERVATION
An observation lacking planned execution. An observation without control or deliberation and not part of a schedule.
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT (REM)
Frequently observed during dreaming sleep. Rapid eye movement is coordinated movement of the eyes behind the eyelids.
RATIONALISM N 1
A philosophy that holds the following to be true: 1. It is possible to gain knowledge of reality by reason…
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.