FUNCTIONAL AGE
term for a person's age that is determined as a measure of their functional capabilities that have been indexed to…
FUNCTIONAL JOB ANALYSIS (FJA)
Form of job analysis where tasks are rated on degrees of complexity they entail in dealing with people, data and…
FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOSIS 1
Psychotic state for which no specific neurological or other physical pathology is demonstrated. 2. Obsolete name for any severe mental…
FUNCTIONAL OPERANT
the term used for the class of responses whose probability is changed by the imposition of an operant contingency. Lever…
FUNCTIONAL STATUS
the measure of a person's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Functional status may be used as an…
FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION
a term given to the restriction or lack of ability in performing an action or activity.
FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING
the use of brain imaging techniques in order to localise the areas of cognitive activation. See functional magnetic resonance imaging;…
FUNCTIONAL SELECTION
the survival over time of a person's capacities that are more useful to the person and are coupled with the…
FUNCTIONAL PLASTICITY
1. Adaptive change. 2. Ability of one part of our brain to adapt to losing another part. One hemisphere will…
FUNCTIONAL TYPES
Carl Jung. The 4 personality types based on functions of ego. They are feeling type, thinking type, sensation type, intuitive…
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
These are the activities that will develop from aptitudes like mechanical ability, artistic talent and writing.
FUNDAMENTAL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS ORIENTA
the theory that explains the pattern of interactions of group members in terms of the need for inclusion, need for…
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
a tendency to overestimate the degree that behaviour is determined by personal characteristics, beliefs and attitudes that minimises the effects…
FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE
These are swellings on the front of the tongue that are shaped like a mushroom and number about200. Half have…
FUSIONAL LANGUAGE
a language that forms words by the fusion of morphemes, so that the constituent elements of a word are not…
FUNCTIONALISM
a general psychological approach that views mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to environmental challenges and opportunities.…
FORMICATION
a term used to describe a very distressing sensation of ants and other insects crawling on a person's skin. It…