FRANZ, SHEPHERD IVORY
Chiefly noted for his studies of brain functions, Franz did his undergraduate and graduate work at Columbia University, except for…
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…
FACIAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
is one of the many applications of electromyography, where the various levels of endogenous electrical activity of any muscle groups…
FALLING OUT
is otherwise known as blacking out, or the falling sickess. Falling out is seemingly culture-bound, found primarily in the United…
FALSE REJECTION
is considered an inability to detect and internalize a signal or stimulus which it is presented through an auditory channel,…
FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL,
was first proposed by the U.S. psychiatrist Murray Bowen in the 1950s (1913 - 1990) as an extension to the…
FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS
is one of the many nuclei found deep in the cerebellum which then projects into the vestibular nuclei and the…
FEAR DRIVE
with respect to two-factor theory of avoidance learning, a conditioned or learned aversion to a specific situation (such as electrocution)…
FEATURE DETECTION THEORY
a theory that states that all complex stimuli are able to be broken down into individual parts or features each…