INVARIANT FEATURE
An object that does not change or its characteristic when the object is viewed under different circumstances. Features that are…
LATENT INHIBITION
The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
FIELD EXPERIMENT
an experiment that is not conducted inside a laboratory but is done outside in the real world setting. Participants are…
FORMATIVE EVALUATION
the name of the process that is concerned with helping to improve or guide the development of a program through…
FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON
a person with a healthy personality, who experiences freedom of choice and action, is creative, exhibits the qualities of existential…
INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Psychoanalytic theory. The name of the boundary between ego and id. Also called inner boundary. Compare external boundary.
FIELD NOTES
These are the notes that are taken when out in the field and observing an experiment or a phenomenon. They…
INTERPERSONAL
the term that deals with the actions, events and feelings that exists between 2 or more people.
INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS
Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high…
FIELD RESEARCH
the term that is used to describe any research that is undertaken outside a laboratory and in a natural, social…
FREE ASSOCIATION
the basic process in psychoanalysis and other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy where patients are encouraged to verbalise freely whatever thoughts…
FUNCTIONAL
1.Psychology. Denoting or referring to a disorder where normal behavior changes without an observable organic or structural cause. 2. Generally,…
GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE (GAF SCALE)
the name of scale that is used to plan treatment and outcomes on Axis V of DSM-IV-TR's system. Reflects levels…
INTERPERSONAL PROCESS RECALL (IPR)
Method used to understand the process of psychotherapy and to train therapists and counsellors. Uses taping counselling and psychotherapy sessions…
INVOLUNTARY ATTENTION
A prominent stimulus and the attention that is captured by it, an example in the field of the visual peripheral…