RELAXATION TECHNIQUE
Therapeutic approach which aims to reduce stress or encourage relaxation.
REMEDIAL READING
Educational process which helps a student transition from reading skills that are far below average to a more acceptable level…
REMOTE MASKING
Concealment of an auditory signal by means which are a much higher frequency than the signal itself. See also: auditory…
REPARAMETERIZATION
Redefining necessary or complete parameters within a model to reduce technical problems in the outcome of a general linear model.
REPLICATION PLANE
In attempting to replicate a study, a plane developed by crossing the study with its effect size.
REPRESSION
Psychological act of excluding impulses or desires from consciousness. Exclusion of a specific event from the memory and having no…
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
Treatment offered in residential facilities, hospitals, or other settings which offer residential accommodations.
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
Process by which resources are distributed among different agencies or areas of service.
RESPONSE ACQUIESCENCE
Inclination of any research participant to answer in the affirmative, regardless of the question's content.
RESPONSE SELECTION
Transitional phase of processing information during which a response to a given stimulus is decided upon.
RESTITUTION
Action taken in which something is rightfully restored which had been lost or stolen; making good or compensating for a…
RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS
Neurons which are located within the inner nuclear layer of the retina, employed to connect photoreceptors and retinal bipolar cells,…
RETRIEVING BEHAVIOR
Pattern in animal parenting consisting of returning young to the nest if the have strayed or were born away from…
RETROSPECTIVE SAMPLING
Technique which selects samples based on their prior introduction to a risk factor or having experienced a specific incident or…
RH REACTION
Unfavorable effect which can take place in blood transfusions and pregnancies when Rh-negative and Rh-positive bloods are allowed to interact.
RHYTHMIC STEREOTYPY
With no immediately discernible purpose, the gross motor movement of kicking a foot or rocking the body.