ROLE DEPRIVATION
Rejection of culturally and psychologically important standings and functions to particular persons or groups. People might be unfairly excluded from…
ROMANTIC LOVE
Love relationship wherein intimate affection and passionate fervor are key components. While the adored party is commonly appreciated and frequently…
ROUTINIZED BEHAVIOR
Actions which have been so well mastered and regularly replicated that they no longer require mindful manipulation to implement; first-class…
RULE-GOVERNED BEHAVIOR
Conduct which is contingent upon oral antecedents, including following directions (as when children clean their bedroom simply because instructed to)…
RADIAL NERVE
The sensory/motor nerve giving feeling and sense to the inner side of the forearm and hand. The fibers originate from…
RANDOM SAMPLING
Selecting individuals for a study by selecting them from a larger potential group. To be random, each is chosen in…
RANGE EFFECT
In tracking, the tendency of a subject to make compensating movements too large when the target is small and too…
RAPID SEQUENTIAL VISUAL PRESENTATION (RSVP)
Rapid sequential visual presentation is the methodology of presenting visual stimuli in a very short time span.
REACTION FORMATION
The psychoanalytical theory that as a defense mechanism, an individual will respond to unacceptable or threatening unconscious impulses by exhibiting…
READMISSION
The admission to a hospital on the part of a patient who was admitted prior and was released.
REALITY PRINCIPLE
The reality principle is a theory in psychoanalysis that defines it as representing the demands of the external world and…
REBIRTHING
A therapy featuring the use of continuous, focused breathing and deep reflection under the guidance of a "rebirther" practitioner. To…
RECEPTIVE CHARACTER
A theory of Erich Fromm. It describes a passive and compliant personality type. Such a personality is characterized as receptively…
RECIPROCAL INHIBITION
The therapeutic technique that attempts to replace an undesired response with a more desirable one by counter conditioning. It requires…