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.
RELATIVISM
A philosophy which deems truth to be a function of cultural concepts and contexts, dependent on individual persons, times, or…
RELIABILITY OF COMPONENTS
Median reliability of various items or subtests offered within a test. See also: item-to-item reliability.
REMOTE CAUSE
Origin of a problem which is separate from its effect, either due to space or time, but is still considered…
REORGANIZATION PRINCIPLE
The theory in gestalt psychology that new avenues of education and perception alter and disrupt older cognitive structures, leading to…
REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Procedure in which natural or synthetic replacement substances are replaced in a subject who lacks those substances. Procedure in which…