FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
the application of clinical neuropsychology to issues of both civil and criminal law, particularly those relating to claims of brain…
FORM QUALITY
a term in Gestalt psychology where the emergent feature makes a thing recognisable even after it has been transformed.
FORMES FRUSTES
a French term for the indefinite or the atypical symptoms of a disease. It is French for coarse forms.
FOSTER-CHILD FANTASY
the name that is given to the childhood belief or fantasy that their parents are actually adoptive or foster parents.…
FRAGMENTATION OF THINKING
where the process of thinking is confused where a complete action is no longer possible. It is a primary symptom…
FREE NERVE ENDING
the name of the branched ending of an afferent neuron that is found in the skin and is believed to…
FREE-RESPONSE TEST
The type of examination where answers are constructed by the student, short-answer tests and essay tests are examples. This type…
FREQUENCY PRINCIPLE
the principle that states that the greater the stimulation intensity, the greater the frequency of nerve impulses elicited. An organisms…
FRINGE-FOCUS STRUCTURE
a model of consciousness where the conscious content is typically a focal component that has clear and discernible sensory features…
FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE
the ability a person has to endure the tension and to preserve equanimity when met with obstacles. It is a…
FUNCTIONAL
1.Psychology. Denoting or referring to a disorder where normal behavior changes without an observable organic or structural cause. 2. Generally,…
FUNCTIONAL DEAFNESS
the term for the loss of hearing that is not associated with any known structural abnormality or disease.
FUNCTIONAL OPERANT
the term used for the class of responses whose probability is changed by the imposition of an operant contingency. Lever…
FUNDAMENTAL SYMPTOMS
The 4 primary symptoms of schizophrenia according to Bleuler, abnormal associations, autistic behaving and thinking, abnormal effect and ambivalence. Compare…
FACIAL ANGLE
are a set of angles which allow the quantification of facial protrusion and movements using an established and normally standardized…
FACT SEEKER
is considered the binary opposite to the fact giver, in which they actively seek out information and factual knowledge during…
FALSE POSITIVE
is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have…
FAMILIARITY
is a generic feeling in which a situation, event, place, person or object directly provokes a subjective feeling of recognition…