Glossary R
Glossary R
Realization is a term used by Parkes to describe what is involved in "making real” all of the implications of loss ; "making real” in one's inner, subjective world that which is already real in the outer, objective world.
Reappraisal refers to a person's nearly constant re-evaluation of stressful events. (Lazarus and Folkman)
Reappraisal refers to a step in stress and coping which involves making a new primary or secondary appraisal or evaluation resulting from changes in the situation.
Reasonable suspicion refers to warranted suspicion (short of probable cause) that a person may be engaged in the commission of a crime.
Reasonable woman standard refers to the appropriate basis for defining sexual harassment; defined as the standard by which a reasonable woman would consider a behavior offensive.
rebound insomnia refers to the worsened sleep problems that can occur when medications are used to treat insomnia and then withdrawn in a person with insomnia,
Receptive Language refers to the processing of language via auditory and Reading comprehension.
Receptors refer to the binding site of neurotransmitter molecules; much like a key fits a lock, neurotransmitter molecules are released into the synaptic cleft between two (2) neurons and then bind to these sites or receptors.
A sensory receptor is a neuron sensitive to environmental energy that changes this energy into electrical signals in the nervous system.
Recessive trait refers to the characteristic associated with genes that are reflected in the phenotype only in the homozygous state (e.g., both copies of the recessive allele are necessary to produce the characteristic).
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