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…
FACT MEMORY
is considered the binary opposite to source memory, where it is memory for a specific fact (see facual knowledge for…
FACTORIAL DESIGN
is one of the many experimental designs used in psychological experiments where two or more independent variables are simultaneously manipulated…
FAITHFUL PARTICIPANT
is otherwise known as a faithful subject, in the context of experiments, they are participants who follow the instructions both,…
FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME (FMS)
is one of the more controversial syndromes which concerns a false recollection of having been sexually or even physically abused…
FAMILIAL STUDY OF INTELLIGENCE
is one of the many tests which looks intelligence, where two people who are considered genetically related are then given…
FAMILY RESEMBLANCE
with respect to studies looking at categorisation, family resemblance is the tendency for children or members within a collective family…
FASCIOLUS GYRUS
is otherwise known as the gyrus fasciolaris and is part of the hippocampal formation which appears as a delicate band…
FATIGUE STUDIES
is an umbrella term which is used to describe any study or experiment which looks at the effects of fatigue…
FEASIBILITY STANDARDS
the criteria that is used to judge the practicality, feasibility and cost effectiveness of an enterprise or project that is…
FECHNER'S COLORS
These are the illusory sensations of colour that arise when a disc with black and white sectors is spun about…