| File Name |
Description |
| R-strategy | This term relates to adaptive reproductive behaviour and can be seen as a ... |
| Random | This refers to a process whereby each item has an equal chance of being selected. ... |
| Random sampling | This is a sampling technique which is defined as a sample in which every member of the ... |
| Range | This refers to a type of measure of dispersion. The range is a very crude type of ... |
| Realistic Conflict Theory | Developed by Sherif (1966) this theory argues that intergroup conflict arises as a result ... |
| Recency Effect | This term refers to the influence of recent material.
In relation to interpersonal ... |
| Reflex | This refers to an innate and automatic response to a stimulus. For example if a ... |
| Regression | Returning to an earlier, usually childlike, state. Believed by some psychologists ... |
| Reinforcement | A reinforcement is anything which will increase the probability that a behaviour or ... |
| REM | Rapid eye movements which occur during the stage of sleep when it is thought we are ... |
| Rennets | Rennets are small hamster like rodents which are intensively factory farmed and ... |
| Repeated Measures Design | A repeated measures design consists of testing the same individuals on two or more ... |
| Repression | When an individual keeps anxiety proving thoughts out of their conscious awareness, ... |
| Retina | This is the light sensitive part of your eye where light is converted to a neural ... |
| Review article | A report which either brings together other researchers evidence or evaluates the ... |
| Rorschach test | A type of projective test which consists of asking respondents what they see in ... |