FREUD, SIGMUND
He pioneered psychoanalysis after studying neurology and turning to mental disorders like hysteria. He developed a method of free association…
FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION
a term given to the restriction or lack of ability in performing an action or activity.
GLUCURONIDATION
Name of the metabolic process where drugs and other substances are combined with glucuronic acid to form more water soluble…
INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Psychoanalytic theory. The name of the boundary between ego and id. Also called inner boundary. Compare external boundary.
INTROSPECTION
Attempting to access one's own internal psychological processes directly, perceptions, judgements or states. Introspective ailj
FALSE BELIEF
has a wide range of potential definitions mostly dependent on the application to real-life, for example, in an psychological application,…
FLIGHT OF IDEAS
a disturbance in the thinking processes that is a rapid and continuous succession of ideas that are related. It can…
FRIENDSHIP NETWORK
the term that is applied to the interconnected relationships among a group of friends who provide social and emotional support…
FUNCTIONAL STATUS
the measure of a person's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Functional status may be used as an…
INTEROCEPTIVE STIMULUS
the term that is applied to the stimulus arising from inside an organism. Examples of this stimulus includes headache, stomach…
INVARIANT FEATURE
An object that does not change or its characteristic when the object is viewed under different circumstances. Features that are…
FALSE NEGATIVE
has a range of applications to a range of real life situations, for example, a false negative in diagnostics may…
FOCAL PATHOLOGY
the term that is applied to the study of changes in body tissues and organs that are involved in a…
FRUSTRATION
1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
a tendency to overestimate the degree that behaviour is determined by personal characteristics, beliefs and attitudes that minimises the effects…
GOAL DIFFICULTY
the term that is used to describe the degree of ability, effort and time commitment needed to achieve a certain…