RESPONSE PROPOSITION
The breadth of an imagined response, given an imagined situation. See also: stimulus proposition.
REST-CURE TECHNIQUE
Therapeutic method arising in the 19th century which sought to help those with nervous disorders stemming from the faster pace…
RETARDATION
Limitation of cognitive awareness and function, emotional development, academic progress, or physical development. A lapse in the onset of a…
RETINAL DISPARITY
Small deviation betwixt right and left retinal image processing. What is retinal disparity in psychology? Retinal disparity is a psychological…
RETRIEVAL BLOCK
Lack of capacity to recover a particular piece of information for a short time, along with the sensation of an…
RETROSPECTIVE FALSIFICATION
Deliberately or unconsciously making changes to a story each time it is repeated to exaggerate good points or increase interest…
REVERSE TOLERANCE
Generally in psychoactive drugs (especially central nervous system stimulants), the tendency of increased sensitivity in the body wherein repeated doses…
REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST (RAVLT)
Evaluative instrument for verbal learning and memory, along with inhibition, retroactive inhibition, encoding versus retrieval, organization, and retention.
RHYMING DELIRIUM
Uncontrollable verbal responses in rhyme, sometimes observed during a manic episode.
RIGHT HEMISPHERE
Part of the brain to the right of the longitudinal fissure and connected to the left hemisphere by the corpus…
RING CHROMOSOME 18
Rare condition wherein one or both ends of chromosome 18 have been displaced, and the ends are joined in a…
RISKY PREDICTION
Conjecture formulated using the foundation of a scientific hypothesis which has a strong chance of proving the hypothesis to be…
ROLE AMBIGUITY
Type of role strain which occurs when shared specifications set for an expected role are incomplete to tell the involved…
ROLE-ENACTMENT THEORY
Interpersonal psychiatric description of hypnosis wherein the individual under hypnosis carries out a role designated by the hypnotist and then…
ROSTAN TYPES
Classification of body types using facets of the inner makeup of the body. See also: cerebral type, digestive type, muscular…
ROUND WINDOW
Opening in the inner wall of the middle ear which is covered by a thin membrane that compensates for changes…
RULE OF THUMB
Basic principle with extensive practical application which is not meant to be exactly precise or useful for every single circumstance.…
RADEX THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
Louis Guttman, a U.S. psychologist proposed this theory of intelligence. The theory states that the organization of mental ability can…
RADIOACTIVE TRACER
A chemical compound tagged with a radioactive isotope. During normal biological functions, the isotopes travel can be mentored in body…