RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM
Discriminating manager of the aldosterone biosynthetic pathway. Achieves its goals by increasing aldosterone production, as well as sodium retention, due…
REPETITION COMPULSION
Psychological phenomenon wherein a subject repeats or feels the need to reenact a trauma on a recurring basis.
REPRESENTATIONALISM
Also called representational realism, a philosophical concept broadly equivalent to the view of perception in the natural sciences. States that…
REPRODUCTIVE IMAGE
Mental image which is limited to one function- evocation of sights experienced previously, involving a fairly static representation of certain…
RESERVE CAPACITY
Discrepancy between a subject's maximal ability to perform a given psychological exercise and the actual performance of that exercise.
RESPIRATORY TYPE
Constitution which is generally typified by overriding dominance of the circulatory and respiratory systems rather than other body systems. See…
RESPONSE LEARNING
Ascertaining how to perform particular movements or responses. Also known as: movement learning.
RESTRICTED LEARNING
Method of restricting species-specific reactions in an organism to particular stimuli which results in ready adaptation of the organism's actions…
RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS
Cells existing between the photoreceptors and ganglion cells which act to transmit signals from the photoreceptors to the ganglion cells.
RETROPULSION
Locomotion occurring in a backward fashion, marked by short steps. Usually seen in patients with Parkinson's disease.
REVERSAL THEORY
A method of explaining the emotion, personality, and motivation inherent in the relationship which exists between performance and arousal.
REWARD POWER
Capability to be influential which is founded on the aptitude to pledge delivery of coveted rewards.
RIGID FAMILY
Familial structure wherein rules are not questioned, and no lenience to those rules exists. May result in behavioral or emotional…
RISK-ASSESSMENT MATRIX
Technique in which a table is employed to order hazards based on the probability of the occurrence of a hazard,…
ROBERTS SYNDROME
Hereditary syndrome, transmitted as an autosomal-recessive trait, associated with imperfect formation of the long bones of the body, phocomelia or…