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…
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…
FACE VALIDITY
is a measure of the extent the items included within an experiment appear to be appropriate for what they are…
FACTOR ROTATION
is a term associated with factor analysis, in that factor rotation is the repositioning of factors to a newer, more…
FAILURE-TO-INHIBIT HYPOTHESIS
was first proposed by U.S. born Canadian psychologist Lynn Ann Hasher (1944 -) and U.S. psychologist Rose T. Zacks (1941…
FALSE BELIEF
has a wide range of potential definitions mostly dependent on the application to real-life, for example, in an psychological application,…
FALSE-UNIQUENESS EFFECT
is the tendency to underestimate the extent others actually possess the same attributes or talents and positive traits as yourself.…
FAMILY MEDIATION
is one of the many therapies which involves the whole family meeting, typically with a third party who has had…
FANTASY PLAY
is observed widely amongst couples in modern society involving the pretending or make-believe play which typically includes the fulfillment of…
FATHER SURROGATE
can be applied to a real-life situation with respect to step-fathers (not biological fathers yet still seen as a father…
FEAR OF SUCCESS
is effectively the binary opposite of a fear of failure, where the individual will fear succeeding at a specific project…
FEATURE-POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION
a go or a don't go procedure of discrimination that is based on a distinctive feature of one or two…