READING AGE (RDA)
The ability of a student to read, based on a scale relating to the peer group of the same level…
REAL-IDEAL SELF CONGRUENCE
The extent to which a person's ideals of themselves and their actual traits agree. A large discrepancy between the two…
REAL-TIME AMPLIFICATION
A technique to improve voice quality and diction. The subject speaks into a microphone that is connected to an amplifier…
REBUS WRITING
A graphic representation of the sounds of a language. By using one symbol to represent a sound, the number of…
RECIPROCAL ROLES
Behavior patterns shown by those in a particular position in a group in response to others' patterns of behavior in…
RECONDITIONING THERAPY
A behavioral therapy in which the subject is habituated to replace displeasing reactions with pleasing ones. See also: aversion therapy.
RECTAL ADMINISTRATION
Application of medicines by placement in the rectal cavity. Generally a suppository that can be absorbed by the rectal mucosa.
REDINTEGRATION
The action of reorganizing psychological processes once they've been disorganized by mental dysfunction, especially in psychoses. Also refers in general…
REENTRANT NEURAL ACTIVITY
Neural areas with many parallel connections mutually exchange signals. Allows activity to be associated in disparate regions of the brain.
REFLECTION OF FEELING
With the intent of highlighting implicitly expressed attitudes articulated by a subject, statements by counselors or therapists.
REFLEXOLOGY
Therapeutic model in alternative medicine which focuses on the reflex actions of a subject. A belief that any behavior can…
REGULATORY DRIVE
Any impulse which serves to perpetuate physiological homeostasis, making it indispensable for the continued survival of an organism. Compare to:…
REINFORCEMENT ANALYSIS
An integrated approach to assessing negative vs. positive reinforcements where positive reinforcements include rewards to the community at large, and…
RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
Providing emotional support and guidance, therapy based on a totality of the client-therapist relationship. Encourages self-growth of the client. In…
RELEASE INHIBITOR
Any thing which interferes with hormonal release or release of other substances from glands and tissue cells.
RELIGIOUS INSTINCT HYPOTHESIS
Hypothesis proposing that humans are generally drawn to belief in a higher power. Utilized by some believers as the main…