RATING SCALE JUDGMENT TASK
A task where participants are asked to assign a confidence rating to their "yes" or "no" answers.
RATIONAL-ECONOMIC MAN
A construct of Adam Smith, an 18th century economist. The rational-economic man makes decisions based on rational analysis of desired…
REACH ENVELOPE
The area that an operator of a machine or tool can reach while sitting or standing during the task. It…
REACTIVE MEASURE
Any measure with the action of altering a response under examination. For instance, if a subject is aware of clinical…
READING RETARDATION
Defined as having a reading achievement at least 2 years below the individual's mental age.
REALITY CONFRONTATION
An act on behalf of the therapist in which the client is asked to consider the possibilty that he or…
REASSURANCE
A supportive approach in counseling. It encourages clients to believe in themselves and in the real possibility of improvement. It…
RECIPROCAL ALTRUISM
A type of helping behavior that is perpetuated when one individual helps another at some future time the second individual…
RECOGNITION METHOD
Also referred to as recognition test, a method of assessing the quantity of material recollected by examining a subject
RECURRING-PHASE THEORIES
Theory which asserts that definite, distinct motifs will always predominate in group settings and dynamics.
REFERENTIAL ATTITUDE
Expectant demeanor found in some subjects with schizophrenia or other psychopathology who may be searching for justification through environmental absolution…
REFLEX INHIBITION
When a reflex is prevented or reduced due to a contradictory reflex occurring or having just occurred.
REGRESSION TOWARD THE MEAN
The phenomena of an extreme variable becoming closer to the average in subsequent measurements.
REHABILITATION TEAM
Assembly of specialists that integrate their endeavors to achieve rehabilitation of subjects on an individual basis.
REISSNER'S MEMBRANE
In the auditory labyrinth, membrane which separates the scala media and scala vestibuli in the cochlea. Also known as: vestibular…
RELATIONAL MAPPING
Using relational information to apply information gathered for one set of factors to another set.