FUTURE SHOCK
the personal confusion and social disorientation that accompany very rapid technological and social change. It was defined by U.S. futurist…
FACILITATION
is the change or difference in the strength of a stimulus which follows a potentially weaker stimulus at a neuron.…
FACTOR STRUCTURE MATRIX
is the hypothetical construction of a structure which is normally associated with factor analysis where the factor structure is a…
FAIRBAIRNIAN THEORY
was first proposed by British psychoanalyst W. Ronald Fairbairn (1889 - 1964) which formed a smaller part of the larger…
FALSE CONSENSUS
is the social phenomena where every member of a group is believed to hold the same opinion, irrespective of the…
FALSIFICATIONISM
was first proposed by Austrian-born British philosopher Karl Popper (1902 - 1994) postulating that only through falisification can a concept…
FAMILY OF ORIGIN
refers to the family, or parents an individual was either raised or born into, this may not be the same…
FARBER'S LIPOGRANULOMATOSIS
was first proposed by Sydney Farber (1903 - 1973), a U.S. paediatric pathologist who postulated the disorder based on lipid…
FATHER-IDEAL
with respect to psychoanalytic theory, the father-ideal is part of the larger ego-ideal, which the larger model implies is formed…
FEAR SURVEY SCHEDULE (FSS)
is a 72-item questionnaire which was designed to accurately measure the level of fear, phobic behaviour and generalized anxiety an…
FEBRILE SEIZURE
seizure that is caused by high body temperature in children that is not associated with any infection or damage to…
FEEDING BEHAVIOR
the behaviour in taking nourishment for survival. In people it starts as the sucking and swallowing reflexes, self demand for…
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
a procedure performed on the genitals of prepubescent or pubescent girls in some African and Asian cultures. Female genital mutilation…
FETAL STAGE
the final stage of human prenatal development, from the 8th or 9th week after fertilisation to the time of birth.…
FIDUCIARY 1
term used to describe the relationship where a person holds a position of trust in relation to another and is…
FILIAL RESPONSIBILITY
a term that is used to describe a person's sense of duty towards members of their own family and in…
FINGER TAPPING TEST
the name that is given to a test that is a measure of a person's fine motor speed when they…