Category: R

Recall The recall is simply bringing a thought or idea learned previously, and thus stored in memory into conscious awareness. When you…

Reality Principle The ego has a tough job trying to satisfy the needs of the id without giving it everything it wants…

Reaction Formation A defense mechanism where an individual acts in a manner opposite from his or her unconscious beliefs. A homosexual who…

Rationalization Rationalization is a defense mechanism identified by Freud. According to Freud when people are not able to deal with the reasons…

Rational Emotive Therapy Rational Emotive Therapy, also called Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), was established by Albert Ellis. Ellis illustrated REBT through…

Rational The term rational refers to being of sound mind and having (or exercising) the ability to reason. In addition, in psychology…

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM) There are two main categories of sleep, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (NREM; which contains stages 1-4; basically…

Range A statistical measure of variance. It is calculated by subtracting the lowest score from the highest score and then adding one…

Random Selection Random Selection is a process of gathering (in a truly random way) a representative sample for a particular study. Having…

Random Sample Since researchers can’t study every person in the world that is of interest to them, they need to study a…