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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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FREE WILL

Name used to describe the capacity that a person has for making their own decisions and directions in life. We

FORNICATION

the term applied to the voluntary sexual intercourse between any two people who are not married to each other. The

FRAME PROBLEM

the term applied to the technical difficulty that arises in artificial intelligence and computational models of human cognition that involves

FRENULA)

A membranous fold supporting or restraining an anatomical part, for example, the membrane under the tongue or the fold of

FREQUENCY

the term that is used to describe the number of repetitions of a periodic signal or event.

FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION

the term that describes the ability to detect a change in the frequency of a pure tone. See also pitch

FREGOLI'S PHENOMENON

the term for a syndrome where a person will identify different people as the persecutor as he thinks they can

FRAME-OF-REFERENCE TRAINING

the name of the training given to people responsible for evaluating employees in order to improve performance and accuracy ratings.

FRENUM FRENZY

the name for the temporary state of wild excitement, mental agitation and violent behavior. It has been associated with mania

FREUDIAN THEORY OF PERSONALITY

A general psychoanalytic concept of character and personality being the product of fixations and experiences that stem form early stages

FREQUENCY TABLE

a numerical summary of the frequency of occurrences of the particular values of a measurement.

FREUD, SIGMUND

He pioneered psychoanalysis after studying neurology and turning to mental disorders like hysteria. He developed a method of free association

FREQUENCY JUDGMENT

the term used for the person's judgement of how many times a stimulus is presented during a test. See word

FRIENDSHIP

voluntary relationship between people that lasts a long time and those involved are concerned about each other. It develops from

FRIENDSHIP NETWORK

the term that is applied to the interconnected relationships among a group of friends who provide social and emotional support

FREUD, ANNA

Sigmund Freud's youngest daughter. Contributed to the theory and practice of psychoanalysis with her studies of defence mechanisms. Pioneer in

FRENCH KISS

term for the type of sexual arousal where 2 people will kiss with their mouths open so that their tongues

FORTRAN

a computer language from FORmula and TRANslation. It was devised in the 1950's and is used for mathematical' modelling and

FLUENT SPEECH

This term is applied to speech that is essentially normal in quantity, stress, pitch, rhythm, and intonation. A person with

LAW OF CONTRAST

The principle based on the assumption that individuals base their behavior on comparison of opposites not with sameness.