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
RENPENNING'S SYNDROME
Neurodevelopmental disorder occurring only in males; beginning at birth, can present as intellectual disability, mild growth retardation concerning the testes…
REPETITION EFFECT
Material which is presented in a repetitive way tends to be better understood, leading to improved memory of the material.…
REPRESENTATIVE DESIGN
Experimental arrangement wherein background variable are deliberately uncontrolled, making research results more valid in the real world. See also: ecological…
REPRODUCTIVE IMAGINATION
Activity in which the imagination is utilized to reproduce objects and images which have been encountered previously.
RESPITE SERVICES
Assistance and supervision, as well as recreational or social activities furnished during a limited time frame for an individual who…
RESPONSE MAINTENANCE
After completion of an intervention, the duration for which changes are preserved and the extent of that maintenance.
REST PERIOD
Small period of time, often seen as a reward, in which an activity is suspended for the purpose of resting…
RESTRICTION OF RANGE
Imposition of conditions by a researcher which limit the whole range of scores having been collected to a very constrained…
RETINAL CONES
Photoreceptor cells within the retina which depend upon moderate to bright light stimulus in order to activate.