F DISTRIBUTION
is used in chi-squared distribution sets, as a probability distribution of two independent chi-square (based) random variables which are both…
FACILITATION
is the change or difference in the strength of a stimulus which follows a potentially weaker stimulus at a neuron.…
FACTOR ANALYSIS
is the mathematical process during which a larger set of variables is reduced to better accommodate the experimental design to…
FACT RETRIEVAL
is a process through which the majority (if not all individuals) will under-take during their lifetime being the process of…
FACIAL-AFFECT PROGRAM
is a purely hypothetical creation based on a set of central nervous system nerves, which could be responsible for the…
FACILITATED COMMUNICATION
was first developed by Australian educator Rosemary Crosslet (1945 -) in the 1970s as method of enabling the communication of…
FACE-TO-FACE GROUP
is otherwise known as a direct-contact group. Face-to-face groups are groups where individuals interact on a person-to-person basis and can…
FACTOR-COMPARISON METHOD
is one of the many methods used to evaluate jobs which is then used to set an appropriate wage or…
FACTORIAL DESIGN
is one of the many experimental designs used in psychological experiments where two or more independent variables are simultaneously manipulated…
FACULTY PSYCHOLOGY
was first proposed by the 18th century by Scottish philosophers Thomas Reid (1710 - 1796) and Dugald Stewart (1753 -…
FACTOR STRUCTURE MATRIX
is the hypothetical construction of a structure which is normally associated with factor analysis where the factor structure is a…
FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA)
is one of the many methods of qualitative analysis where the components of the proposed system are listed along-side any…
FACTOR REFLECTION
can be approached from two different angles. The factor reflection is either a change of the signs of a specific…
FAITH HEALING
is one of the many more hollistic approaches to the curing of diseases and ill health which is typically practiced…
FAILURE TO THRIVE (FTT)
is a medical term which is used when a child, after birth and up to th age of 2 years…
FACTITIOUS DISORDER
is considered (in the DSM-IV-TR), as any of a group of disorders in which the patient intentionally produces or feigns…
FAIRBAIRNIAN THEORY
was first proposed by British psychoanalyst W. Ronald Fairbairn (1889 - 1964) which formed a smaller part of the larger…
FACTORIAL INVARIANCE
is a theory which implies all variables (not only certain variables in a select group) remain identical during the processes…
FALSE AUTHORITY
is one of the assumptive techniques, typically found in business, where an expert in one area of society is assumed…