FIELD THEORY OF PERSONALITY
a theory that looks at personalities in terms of the dynamic interrelations that exist in a field of intrapsychic forces.…
FIRE-SETTING BEHAVIOR
a term that is used to describe a person's behaviour who has the tendency to set fires. Compare pyromania.
FINGER LOCALIZATION TEST
the name of a 60 item test of neurophysiology in 3 parts. A finger is touched and identified, then the…
FINE MOTOR
This term is used to describe the skills and activities that need coordination of our small muscles to make precise…
FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA
the first time a person suffers an episode of schizophrenia when they meet the certain criteria needed for it to…
FIELD WORK
the term given to any work carried out in the real world and not in a laboratory. In social work…
FINGER TAPPING TEST
the name that is given to a test that is a measure of a person's fine motor speed when they…
FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE
the term that is used to describe the point of view of the observer as he is telling the narrative…
FISHER EXACT TEST
the name of a statistical test that gives the exact probability of departure from chance for data in a fourfold…
FIRST IMPRESSION
the term applied to the initial impression we have of another person when we meet them for the first time.…
FITNESS FOR DUTY EVALUATION (FFDE)
the name given to a psychological assessment of a person's mental state and their functioning that will estimate that person's…
FIRST-RANK SYMPTOMS
These are the symptoms of schizophrenia that were proposed originally. They include hallucinations, delusional perceptions, thought process changes, somatic passiveness…
FIELD THEORY
1. Physics. Theory that forces exist between 2 bodies not in contact that fills the space. 2. Psychology. A systematic…
FINAL FREE RECALL
a test of memory given at the end of a memory assessment session. The person is asked to recall all…
FIVE-FACTOR PERSONALITY MODEL (FFM)
a personality model where 5 dimensions of difference are used, extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness to experiences are the…
FIVE-TO-SEVEN SHIFT
Name given to the large progress that is seen in a child's development between the ages of 5 and 7.…
FINGER AGNOSIA
A type of agnosia where a person is unable to point to fingers or use them to point to other…