RUBIN'S FIGURE
An equivocal shape which may be identified both as being a single goblet or as two faces in profile. Also…
RUMOR-INTENSITY FORMULA
Method that tries to clarify the reasons why certain gossip continues to persist or escalate while other ones dwindle and…
RACE PSYCHOLOGY
An attempt to show an empirical difference between the races. It is now obsolete and has no basis.
RADICAL FEMINISM
A position in feminist theories with great influence in the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The…
RANA PIPIENS
Used in clinical studies of neuropsychology and neurophysiology, a specie of frog.
RANDOM-EFFECTS MODEL
In statistics, a random-effect model depends on treating the effectiveness of treatments or experimental conditions as being randomly sampled from…
RATE DEPENDENCY
As based in behavioral pharmacology, the magnitude of a drug's effect on response rate is dependent on the response rate…
RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (REBT)
Rational emotive behavior therapy attempts to teach an individual through behavioral and cognitive techniques to replace self-defeating thoughts to achieve…
REACTIVATION OF MEMORY
The act of retrieving a memory. The retrieval may be triggered by stimuli or other conditions present when the original…
READING DELAY
The lack of ability to read at the same competency as others for a given age.
RECEPTOR ADAPTATION
The fatigue shown by a receptor to a particular stimulus after repeated exposure.
RECIPROCAL-TEACHING PROCEDURE
A teaching strategy to facilitate a student's understanding of material already covered. It is also designed to reinforce retention of…
RECONSTITUTION 1
An overhaul of perspectives and ambitions; often the result of completion of the grieving process by subjects when illness produces…