FAMILY CARE
The object of family care is to provide for patients who no longer need the specialized services of a hospital…
FIGURAL AFTEREFFECTS
There are two principal types of aftereffect: the apparent distortion of a figure following prolonged inspection, and the effect of…
FORCED CHOICE
A testing technique that requires the subject to make a choice between two or more favorable or unfavorable alternatives. This…
FRANZ, SHEPHERD IVORY
Chiefly noted for his studies of brain functions, Franz did his undergraduate and graduate work at Columbia University, except for…
FREUD, SIGMUND (1856-1939)
Freud was bom in Freiburg but lived in Vienna from age four to the last year of his life, when…
FROMM, ERICH (1900—)
The United States in 1933. In his widely read books—Escape from Freedom (1941), Man for Himself (1947), The Sane Society…
FRUCTOSURIA
A rare familial disease involving the metabolism of fructose (fruit sugar) and resulting in mental retardationThe disorder is probably transmitted…
FUGUE STATE
An amnesic dissociated state characterized by physical flight from an unbearable situation.A fugue is a more extreme form of escape…
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION
is a type of social interaction occuring between two people where they will converse or exchange knowledge, an example of…
FACT GIVER
during a psychotherapy session, or psychotherapy discussion, looking at a particular topic or task within psychotherapy, the fact giver will…
FACTOR-COMPARISON METHOD
is one of the many methods used to evaluate jobs which is then used to set an appropriate wage or…
FAITH HEALING
is one of the many more hollistic approaches to the curing of diseases and ill health which is typically practiced…
FALSE MEMORY
is otherwise known as illusory memory. A false memory is considered a distortion of a memory which had previously been…
FAMILIAL HORMONAL DISORDER
was first observed by W. Koennicke in 1919, and is a syndrome which has recently been associated with mental deficiencies,…
FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
is one of the many branches of psychology which looks specifically at the interactions within a family unit or collective…
FASCINATION
has a range of potential applications to real-life situations, for example fascination, may refer to an individual's profound interest in…
FATIGUE EFFECT
is one of the many effects attributed to fatigue, where the individual gradually becomes less and less efficient, even when…
FEAR-INDUCED AGGRESSION
a form of animal aggression where the animal will attack only after it has been severely threatened and cornered.
FECHNER, GUSTAV THEODOR
Physician who didn't practice medicine but studied natural philosophy. After an illness he spent time looking at mental and physical…