FIELD WORK
the term given to any work carried out in the real world and not in a laboratory. In social work…
FIGURE-GROUND
a term used to describe things that relate to the principle that says perceptions have 2 parts. The first is…
FIGURAL SYNTHESIS
our creation of a meaningful figure from the synthesis of selected portions of the incoming stimulus input that was proposed…
FILIAL ANXIETY
term that describes a child's fear and apprehension that comes from relationships with their parents. It can be in relation…
FIDUCIARY 1
term used to describe the relationship where a person holds a position of trust in relation to another and is…
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
using language to describe an object or feeling by using alliteration, metaphors, personification and analogies. It seen in all areas…
FILIAL GENERATION
the term applied to the successive generations of descent from the original parent generation. First descents are F and their…
FILE-DRAWER PROBLEM
a term that describes the fact that a large number of all studies conducted are not available to review because…
FILTERED SPEECH
This term is used to describe the words that have been filtered to only let a certain frequency band to…
FILE-DRAWER ANALYSIS
A statistical procedure addressing the file-drawer problem by computing the number of unretrieved studies, averaging an effect size of .00,…
FECAL INCONTINENCE
the involuntary passage of flatulence and feces in inappropriate places (clothing, floor, etc.) that results from loss of bowel control…
FIRE-SETTING BEHAVIOR
a term that is used to describe a person's behaviour who has the tendency to set fires. Compare pyromania.
FIGURATIVE KNOWLEDGE
the knowledge we acquire by remembering specific features, facts, words, recall dates, impressions, shapes and colours. Compare operative knowledge.
FINGER AGNOSIA
A type of agnosia where a person is unable to point to fingers or use them to point to other…
FECHNER'S COLORS
These are the illusory sensations of colour that arise when a disc with black and white sectors is spun about…