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R factor analysis

r to z transformation

R-technique factor analysis

R→O relationship

R→S relationship

rabbit–duck figure

racial and ethnic minority psychology

racial discrimination

racial identity

racial prejudice

racial socialization

racial unconscious

radex theory of intelligence

radiation necrosis

radiation therapy

radical behaviorism

radical empiricism

radical feminism

radical hysterectomy

radical therapy

radioactive isotope

radioactive tracer

radioimmunoassay (RIA)

railway lines illusion

rami communicantes

random activity

random assignment

random classification

random event generator (REG)

random number generator (RNG)

random observation

random sampling

random selection

random variable

random variation

random walk model

random-digit dialing (RDD)

random-dot stereogram

random-effects analysis of variance

random-effects model

random-interval schedule (RI schedule)

random-ratio schedule (RR schedule)

randomization test

randomized block design (RBD)

randomized clinical trial (RCT)

randomized design

randomized-response technique (RRT)

range fractionation

range of attention

range of audibility

range of motion (ROM)

range restriction

rank biserial correlation coefficient

rank correlation coefficient

rank regression

rank transformation

rank-order data

rank-order method

rank-order scale

rank-order statistic test

ranked distribution

Rankian therapy

ranking experiment

rape counseling

rape-trauma syndrome

rapid alternating movements

rapid eye movement (REM)

rapid neuroleptization

rapid sequential visual presentation (RSVP)

Rapunzel syndrome

rate dependence effect

rate dependency

rater reliability

rating scale judgment task

ratio reinforcement

rational addiction

rational authority

rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

rational knowledge

rational learning

rational problem solving

rational psychology

rational suicide

rational thinking

rational-economic man

rationality of emotions

rationalization

rationally based persuasion

rauwolfia derivative

Raven’s Progressive Matrices

Rayleigh equation

Rayleigh scattering

Raynaud’s disease

reactance theory

reaction formation

reaction potential

reaction time (RT)

reactional biography

reactivation of memory

reactive aggression

reactive attachment disorder

reactive coping

reactive depression

reactive disorder

reactive inhibition

reactive jealousy

reactive measure

reactive psychosis

reactive schizophrenia

readability level

readership-survey technique

readiness potential (RP)

reading age (RdA)

reading disability

reading disorder

reading epilepsy

reading machine

reading quotient

reading readiness

reading retardation

reafference principle

real-time amplification

real–ideal self congruence

real–simulator model

realistic anxiety

realistic group conflict theory

realistic job preview (RJP)

realistic thinking

reality awareness

reality confrontation

reality monitoring

reality orientation

reality principle

reality testing

reality therapy

reasonable accommodations

reasonable doubt

reasonable person standard

reasoned action model

rebound phenomenon

recall score method

recapitulation theory

received support

receiver-operating characteristic curve (ROC curve)

receiving hospital

receptive amimia

receptive amusia

receptive aphasia

receptive character

receptive field

receptive language

receptive vocabulary

receptor adaptation

receptor molecule

receptor potential

recessive allele

recidivism rate

recipient factors

reciprocal altruism

reciprocal determinism

reciprocal inhibition

reciprocal innervation

reciprocal liking

reciprocal punishment

reciprocal relationship

reciprocal roles

reciprocal transformation

reciprocal-teaching procedure

reciprocity law

reciprocity norm

recognition by components theory (RBC theory)

recognition memory

Recognition Memory Test (RMT)

recognition method

recognition span

recognition technique

recognition test

recognition threshold

recognition vocabulary

recognitory assimilation

recombinant DNA

reconditioning therapy

reconsolidation

reconstituted family

reconstructive memory

reconstructive psychological evaluation

reconstructive psychotherapy

reconstructive surgery

recovered memory

recovered memory therapy

recovery of function

recreational drug

recreational therapy

recruitment bias

rectal administration

rectangular distribution

recuperative theory

recurrent circuit

recurrent collateral inhibition

recurrent dream

recurring-figures test

recursive model

red–green blindness

red–green responses

redirected behavior

reductio ad absurdum

reduction to essence rule

redundancy analysis

redundant coding

redundant prepuce

reduplicated babbling

reduplicative paramnesia

reevaluation counseling

refeeding syndrome

reference distribution

reference group

reference group theory

reference memory

reference population

referential attitude

referential signal

referred sensation

reflected appraisals

reflected glare

reflection of feeling

reflection response

reflection–impulsivity

reflective abstraction

reflective consciousness

reflective functioning

reflectivity–impulsivity

reflex attention

reflex epilepsy

reflex inhibition

reflex integration

reflex strength

reflex sympathetic dystrophy

reflexive behavior

reflexogenous zone

reformatory paranoia

refractive error (refractive disorder)

refractive index

refractory period

refractory phase

regeneration of nerves

regenerative medicine

regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF; RCBF)

regional localization theory

registered nurse (RN)

regression analysis

regression artifact

regression coefficient

regression constant

regression diagnostics

regression effect

regression equation

regression in the service of the ego

regression line

regression model

regression sum of squares

regression toward the mean

regression tree

regression weight

regression-discontinuity design (RDD)

regressive reconstructive approach

regulation of consciousness

regulatory behavior

regulatory drive

regulatory focus theory

regulatory system

rehabilitation center

rehabilitation counseling

rehabilitation engineering

rehabilitation medicine

rehabilitation neuropsychology

rehabilitation program

rehabilitation psychology

rehabilitation team

rehospitalization

Reichenbach phenomenon

Reicher–Wheeler effect

Reichian analysis

reinforced practice

reinforcement contingency

reinforcement counseling

reinforcement delay

reinforcement of alternative behavior

reinforcement schedule

reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST)

Reinforcement Survey Schedule (RSS)

reinforcement therapy

reinforcer effect

reinforcing cause

reinforcing stimulus

reinstatement following extinction

reintegrative stage

Reissner’s membrane

Reitan Indiana Aphasia Screening Test

Reitan–Klove Sensory Perceptual Examination

Reiz limen (RL)

rejecting–neglecting parenting

rejection error

rejection method

rejection region

rejection value

relapse prevention

related samples

related-measures design

related-samples t test

relatedness needs

relational aggression

relational discrimination

relational frame

relational frame theory (RFT)

relational learning

relational mapping

relational primacy hypothesis

relational psychoanalysis

relational research

relational self

relational shift

relational turbulence

relational word

relational world

relationship conflict

relationship leader

relationship role

relationship system

relationship therapy

relationship training

relationship-motivated

relative accommodation

relative deprivation

relative efficiency

relative frequency

relative frequency distribution

relative judgment

relative measurement

relative position

relative refractory period

relative scotoma

relative sensitivity

relative survival

relaxation technique

relaxation therapy

relearning method

release from proactive interference

release inhibitor

release phenomenon

release theory of humor

release therapy

releasing hormone

relevance–sensitivity tradeoff

relevant–irrelevant test

reliability coefficient

reliability diagonal

reliability index

reliability of components

reliability of composites

reliability sampling

reliability theory

religious delusion

religious faith

religious healing

religious instinct hypothesis

religious mania

religious obsessive-compulsive disorder

religious therapy

REM behavior disorder (RBD)

REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)

REM-sleep deprivation

remedial education

remedial therapy

remember–know procedure

reminiscence theory of knowledge

reminiscence therapy

remitted-disorder study

remote association

remote grandparent

remote perception

remote-association test

removing harmful consequences

Renard Diagnostic Interview

renewal following extinction

Renfield’s syndrome

renin–angiotensin system

Renpenning syndrome

reorganization principle

reorientation therapy

reparameterization

reparative therapy

repeat offender

repeated acquisition

repeated contrast

repeated factor

repeated measures analysis of variance

repeated measures design

repeated measures t test

repeated reproduction

repetition blindness

repetition compulsion

repetition effect

repetition priming

repetitive strain injury (RSI)

repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

replacement memory

replacement sampling

replacement therapy

representation of knowledge

representational change

representational constraints

representational insight

representational redescription

representational skills

representational stage

representational thought

representational validity

representationalism

representative democracy

representative design

representative factors

representative sampling

representativeness

representativeness heuristic

repressed memory

repression proper

repression resistance

repression–sensitization

repressive coping style

reproducibility

reproduction theory

reproductive behavior

reproductive disorder

reproductive failure

reproductive function

reproductive image

reproductive imagination

reproductive memory

reproductive rights

reproductive success

reproductive suppression

reproductive technology

reproductive type

Rescorla–Wagner theory

research design

Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC)

research ethics

research hypothesis

research method

research protocol

research register

research sport psychology

research synthesis

researcher bias

reserve capacity

residential care

residential habilitation

residential maze

residential school

residential treatment

residual analysis

residual mean square

residual schizophrenia

residual sum of squares

residual variance

residual vision

resistance of an attitude

resistance stage

resistance to change

resistance to extinction

resistance to interference

resistance training

resistant attachment

resistant estimator

resocialization

resolution phase

resolving power

resonance frequency

resource allocation

resource competition

resource defense polygyny

resource teacher

resource theory

respiratory depression

respiratory disorder

respiratory distress syndrome

respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)

respiratory type

respondent behavior

respondent conditioning

respondent validation

response acquiescence

response circuit

response conflict

response deprivation

response differentiation

response effect

response frequency

response generalization

response hierarchy

response integration

response latency

response learning

response magnitude

response prevention

response probability

response proposition

response scenario

response selection

response strength

response suppression

response threshold

response topography

response variable

response-by-analogy principle

response-focused emotion regulation

response-operating characteristic curve

response–reinforcement contingency

response–shock interval (R–S interval)

responsible stage

resting potential

restitutionary damages

restless-legs syndrome

restoration effect

restoration therapy

restorative environment

restorative justice

Restorff phenomenon

restricted affect

restricted code

restricted environmental stimulation technique (REST)

restricted recovery

restriction of range

results-only work environment (ROWE)

retarded depression

retarded ejaculation

retention curve

retention interval

retention measure

retest reliability

reticular activating system (RAS)

reticular formation

reticular membrane

reticulospinal tract

retinal bipolar cell

retinal densitometry

retinal detachment

retinal disparity

retinal ganglion cell

retinal horizontal cell

retinal oscillations

retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)

retinal receptive field

retinitis pigmentosa

retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)

retinotopic map

retirement counseling

retreat from reality

retrieval block

retrieving behavior

retroactive interference

retrochiasmatic visual deficit

retrocochlear hearing loss

retrograde amnesia

retrograde degeneration

retrograde ejaculation

retrograde memory

retrograde transport

retrogressive formation

retrolental fibroplasia

retronasal olfaction

retrospective audit

retrospective cohort study

retrospective confidence judgment

retrospective falsification

retrospective medical audit

retrospective memory

retrospective research

retrospective sampling

retrospective validity

reuptake inhibitor

revealed-differences technique

reverberating circuit

reversal design

reversal learning

reversal of affect

reversal theory

reverse anorexia

reverse causality

reverse counterbalancing

reverse discrimination

reverse tolerance

reversed dependency trap

reversible dementia

reversible figure

reversible hormone therapy

reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase-A (RIMA)

Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)

revolutionary coalition

revolving-door phenomenon

reward dependence

reward expectancy

reward responsiveness

rewarded alternative method

Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT)

Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT)

Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT)

Rh blood-group incompatibility

Rh factor (rhesus factor)

rheoencephalography

rhetorical-question message

rheumatoid arthritis

rho correlation

rhombencephalon

rhyming delirium

rhythmic stereotypy

rhythmic stimulation

ribonucleic acid

rich interpretation

Riddoch’s phenomenon

ridge regression

right censoring

right hemisphere

right to refuse treatment

right to treatment

right-and-wrong test

right-and-wrong-cases method

right-handedness

right-hemisphere consciousness

right-or-wrong test

right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)

right–left disorientation

right–left orientation test

righting reflex

rights of patients

rights of people with mental disabilities

Riley–Day syndrome

ring chromosome 18

ring-finger dermatitis

Ringelmann effect

risk assessment

risk perception

risk prediction

risk sensitivity

risk-as-feelings theory

risk-assessment matrix

risk-recreation model

risk–rescue rating

risky prediction

rite of passage

Robbers Cave experiment

Roberts syndrome

robot-assisted gait training

robust estimator

Rock v. Arkansas

Rod-and-Frame Test (RFT)

rod–cone break

Rogerian therapy

Rokeach Dogmatism Scale

Rokeach Value Survey (RVS)

Rolandic cortex

Rolandic fissure

role deprivation

role differentiation

role expectations

role-enactment theory

role-playing research

romance of leadership

romanticism factor

Romberg’s sign

Romeo and Juliet effect

root cause analysis

root mean square (RMS)

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Rosenthal effect

rotary pursuit test

rotation sampling

rotation system

rotational aftereffect (RAE)

rotational error

rotational nystagmus

Rotter Internal–External Locus of Control Scale

rough-and-tumble play (R ＆ T play)

roughness discrimination test

routes of administration

routinized behavior

routinized thoughts

Royer’s syndrome

Rubin’s causal model

Rubin’s figure

Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome (RSTS; RTS)

rubrospinal tract

Ruffini’s corpuscle

rule of abstinence

rule of double effect

rule-based system

rule-governed behavior

rules of inference

rumor intensity formula

runaway selection

runner’s high

rural environment

rural health clinic (RHC)

Rush Memory and Aging Project

Ryan’s method

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