FREE ENERGY
Psychoanalytic theory. the psychic and mobile energy that is located in the id and is associated with primary processes. Compare…
FRAME-OF-REFERENCE TRAINING
the name of the training given to people responsible for evaluating employees in order to improve performance and accuracy ratings.
FREE-ASSOCIATION TEST
a word test where participants are offered a stimulus word and are expected to respond as quickly as possible with…
FREE FIELD
Acoustics. the term given to the sound field that does not have any reflective boundaries.
FREE-FLOATING ATTENTION
Found in psychoanalysis and in other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy, the analyst's or therapist's state of evenly suspended attention during…
FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGN
an experimental design where some higher order interactions are intentionally confounded with lower order interactions to reduce the total number…
FREE-RESPONSE TEST
The type of examination where answers are constructed by the student, short-answer tests and essay tests are examples. This type…
FREE-FLOATING ANXIETY
1. A chronic sense of uneasiness and apprehension that is not directed at anything. Often seen in anxiety disorders. 2.…
FREEDOM TO WITHDRAW
the term that is given to the right that a participant in research has to be able to drop out…
FRENUM FRENZY
the name for the temporary state of wild excitement, mental agitation and violent behavior. It has been associated with mania…
FRACTIONATION
the name that is given to the psychophysical procedure used to scale the magnitudes of a sensation. A person might…
FREE-FLOATING EMOTION
the term for a diffuse and generalized emotional state that does not appear to be associated with any specific cause.…
FRENCH KISS
term for the type of sexual arousal where 2 people will kiss with their mouths open so that their tongues…
FREE-FEEDING WEIGHT
the term applied to the body weigh that is achieved by laboratory animals when they are given unrestricted access to…
FORENSIC ASSESSMENT
the evaluation of the mental state of a defendant, witness or offender for the purpose of informing the court.
FLAT AFFECT
a term used for the absence or apparent absence of emotional response to any situation or event. Also called emotional…
LANGUAGE DEFICIT
A delay in the normal speech and language development of a child due to some neurological disfunction.