FREUD, SIGMUND (1856-1939)
Freud was bom in Freiburg but lived in Vienna from age four to the last year of his life, when…
FROMM, ERICH (1900—)
The United States in 1933. In his widely read books—Escape from Freedom (1941), Man for Himself (1947), The Sane Society…
FRUCTOSURIA
A rare familial disease involving the metabolism of fructose (fruit sugar) and resulting in mental retardationThe disorder is probably transmitted…
FUGUE STATE
An amnesic dissociated state characterized by physical flight from an unbearable situation.A fugue is a more extreme form of escape…
FAMILY CARE
The object of family care is to provide for patients who no longer need the specialized services of a hospital…
FIGURAL AFTEREFFECTS
There are two principal types of aftereffect: the apparent distortion of a figure following prolonged inspection, and the effect of…
FORCED CHOICE
A testing technique that requires the subject to make a choice between two or more favorable or unfavorable alternatives. This…
FRANZ, SHEPHERD IVORY
Chiefly noted for his studies of brain functions, Franz did his undergraduate and graduate work at Columbia University, except for…
FEAR OF COMMITMENT
is observed globally in a range of real-life applications from marriage to a new career, where the individual will feel…
FEATURE DETECTOR
These are the various hypothetical or actual mechanisms within the human information-processing system that respond selectively to specific distinguishing features.…
FEEBLEMINDEDNESS
an old and obsolete term for mental retardation, learning disability or a mental deficiency.
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (FAS)
a condition associated with extreme maternal alcohol intake during pregnancy. It shows a low birth weight and retarded growth, craniofacial…
FIELD RESEARCH
the term that is used to describe any research that is undertaken outside a laboratory and in a natural, social…
FIGURE-GROUND PERCEPTION
a term given to our ability to discriminate between the background and the object in our field of vision. Impairment…
FILTERED SPEECH
This term is used to describe the words that have been filtered to only let a certain frequency band to…
FIRST-LINE MEDICATION
the name given to a doctor's drug of choice for a particular condition that is an effective treatment that has…