Encyclopedia Development
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Radical acceptance
Radical acceptance is the full recognition of facts as they are, without confusing it with approval, resignation or passivity.
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Radicalism
Radicalism is an attitude that seeks fundamental, profound change or an extreme position, often with limited tolerance for nuance.
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Rationalization
Rationalization is explaining one's behavior with seemingly logical reasons that conceal more difficult motives, emotions, or conflicts.
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Reaction inhibition
Response inhibition is the ability to stop an impulse or automatic response before it becomes action.
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Reactivity
Reactivity is the tendency to react quickly and intensely to stimuli before fuller reflection occurs.
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Readiness to change
Readiness for change is the degree to which a person recognizes the need for change, is willing to undertake it…
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Realistic optimism
Realistic optimism is an attitude that combines hope for a good outcome with an honest assessment of the risks, constraints,…
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Reality tested
Reality testing is the practice of checking whether one's thoughts, emotions, and interpretations match the available facts.
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Reasoning
Reasoning is the process of drawing conclusions from data, premises, experiences, or rules.
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Reference group
A reference group is a group against which a person compares his or her behaviors, values, status, or decisions.
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Reflection
Reflection is consciously pausing over an experience to better understand its meaning, consequences, and possible conclusions.
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Reflection journal
A reflection journal is a regular writing down of experiences, emotions and conclusions to better understand yourself and your own…
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Reflex
A reflex is a quick, automatic response of the body to a stimulus, often occurring without a conscious decision.
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Regulation
Regulation is the process of influencing one's emotions, arousal, attention, and behavior to suit the situation and goals.
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Reinterpretation
Reinterpretation is giving a situation a new, more useful or more accurate meaning without denying the facts.
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Rejection
Rejection is the experience of being excluded, unselected, or unaccepted by a person, group, or important social context.
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Relation
A relationship is a dynamic bond between people, based on the exchange of emotions, information, behaviors, expectations and meanings.
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Relationship quality
Relationship quality is the degree to which the relationship provides a sense of security, reciprocity, respect, responsiveness and real support.
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Release
Letting go is the conscious reduction of attachment to an emotion, belief, control, role or situation that no longer serves…
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Representativeness heuristic
The representativeness heuristic is the judgment of probability based on similarity to a known pattern, prototype, or stereotype.
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Resilience
Resilience is the ability to adapt and regain functioning after stress, crisis, loss or adversity.
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Resistance to change
Resistance to change is tension, avoidance or opposition to change, even when a person understands its meaning at the level…
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Resource inventory
Resource inventory is a structured recognition of what we have at our disposal before making a decision or action.
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Resources
Resources are internal and external elements that increase the ability to cope, act and recover.
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Response time
Reaction time is the interval between the appearance of a stimulus and the initiation of an organism's response or behavior.
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Responsibility
Responsibility is the recognition of one's own participation in an action, decision or consequence and the readiness to respond appropriately.
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Responsiveness
Responsiveness is the ability to notice another person's signals and respond to them adequately, with attention and respect.
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Rest
Rest is the process of regaining physical, cognitive and emotional resources after exercise or overload.
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Retrospection
Retrospection is the intentional looking back at experiences, decisions, or processes in order to draw conclusions for the future.
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Reward arrangement
The reward system is a brain network associated with motivation, reinforcement learning, reward expectation, and behavioral selection.
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