FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION
a term given to the restriction or lack of ability in performing an action or activity.
FUNCTIONAL RESERVE
A degree to which the brain is able to adapt functionally to a brain injury. Thought to depend on such…
FUNCTIONAL INVARIANT
Found in Jean Piaget's theory. This term applies to any of the processes of organisation and adaptation that characterise the…
FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOSIS 1
Psychotic state for which no specific neurological or other physical pathology is demonstrated. 2. Obsolete name for any severe mental…
FUNCTIONAL MEASUREMENT
a procedure to measure the functional experience of stimuli as it changes across different contexts.2 or more stimuli are observed…
FUNCTIONAL SELECTION
the survival over time of a person's capacities that are more useful to the person and are coupled with the…
FUNCTIONAL REORGANIZATION
These are the changes that occur after a brain injury to enable other areas of the brain to take over…
FUSIFORM GYRUS
the ridge on the lower surface of each temporal lobe in the brain. It lies between the inferior temporal gyrus…
FUNCTIONAL VAGINISMUS
Sexual dysfunction with recurrent and persistent involuntary spasms of musculature of the outer third of the vagina which interfere with…
FUNCTIONAL TYPES
Carl Jung. The 4 personality types based on functions of ego. They are feeling type, thinking type, sensation type, intuitive…
FUTURE ORIENTATION
a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.
FUNDAMENTAL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS ORIENTA
the theory that explains the pattern of interactions of group members in terms of the need for inclusion, need for…
FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI FUNCTIONAL MRI)
the name of a magnetic resonance imaging that is used to localise and identify the areas of the brain of…
FREE RECALL
a term used in memory experiments where a person is asked to recall a list of items. The list can…
FUNCTIONAL STATUS
the measure of a person's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Functional status may be used as an…
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…
FREQUENCY ANALYSIS
the term for the analysis of frequency changes in event related potentials.