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reconstruction
Glossaries - Psychology

process of bringing up old memories that might be distorted by new information

reflex
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unlearned, automatic response by an organism to a stimulus in the environment

refractory period
Glossaries - Psychology

time immediately following an orgasm during which an individual is incapable of experiencing another orgasm

regression
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ego defense mechanism in which a person confronted with anxiety returns to a more immature behavioral state

rehearsal
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repetition of information to be remembered

reinforcement
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implementation of a consequence in order to increase a behavior

relearning
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learning information that was previously learned

relearning
Glossaries - Psychology

learning information that was previously learned

reliability
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consistency and reproducibility of a given result

REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)
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sleep disorder in which the muscle paralysis associated with the REM sleep phase does not occur; sleepers have high levels of physical activity during REM sleep, especially during disturbing dreams

replicate
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repeating an experiment using different samples to determine the research’s reliability

representative bias
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faulty heuristic in which you stereotype someone or something without a valid basis for your judgment

representative sample
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subset of the population that accurately represents the general population

repression
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ego defense mechanism in which anxiety-related thoughts and memories are kept in the unconscious

resistant attachment
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characterized by the child’s tendency to show clingy behavior and rejection of the parent when she attempts to interact with the child