RECIPROCAL PUNISHMENT
A punishment that fits the crime. For instance, a child caught stealing from a store might be required to help…
RECOMBINATION
The trading of hereditary components between paired chromosomes during the course of the development of sex cells (sperm or ova).…
RECREATIONAL THERAPY
Specialized recreation employed as an essential dimension of rehabilitation or therapy. Also known as therapeutic recreation.
RED-GREEN BLINDNESS
Inability to see some shades of red and green correctly, causing them to be confused. See also: deuteranopia.
REEDUCATION
Attempt to instill a certain ideology or belief system in a subject, usually against their will. A form of psychological…
REFLECTANCE
Measure of reflection commensurate with the ratio of a reflected luminous flux to an incidental luminous flux.
REFLEXIVE BEHAVIOR
Involuntary or unconscious reactions to stimuli which can serve as an avenue for Pavlovian response and conditioning. Compare to: planned…
REGULATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Action aimed at regulating or achieving a change in the state of consciousness. Includes pain circumvention and pleasure- or variety-seeking…
REJECTING-NEGLECTING PARENTING
Parenting style wherein the parent does not encourage emotional dependency and fails to improve their child's surroundings. Compare with: authoritarian,…
RELATIONSHIP ROLE
Identifiable role taken on by a member of a group in order to achieve interpersonal harmony within the group. Also…
RELEARNING METHOD
Regaining knowledge of material that has been learned and forgotten. Technique which allows for the measure of forgotten knowledge that…
RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS
Cognitive phenomena known in psychiatry. Beliefs and ideas found within the psychosis are held with certainty and maintained by the…
REMEMBER-KNOW PROCEDURE
Process for evaluating memory awareness, wherein the subject must ascertain the difference between remembering and knowing. Remembering allows the experience…