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…
F DISTRIBUTION
is used in chi-squared distribution sets, as a probability distribution of two independent chi-square (based) random variables which are both…
FACIAL DISFIGUREMENT
is typically the result of a medical condition or accident in an individual's life which leaves them with any distortion,…
FACTITIOUS DISORDER
is considered (in the DSM-IV-TR), as any of a group of disorders in which the patient intentionally produces or feigns…
FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE
is knowledge, which is gained by the individual semantically, or otherwise the knowledge maybe generic. Examples can be any piece…
FALLECTOMY
is a similar process to salpingectomies; fallectomy involves the sterilization of a female, where their fallopian tubes are either cut,…
FALSE PREGNANCY
is otherwise known as pseudocyesis or a pseudopregnancy, where a women will display all the normal signs of pregnancy but…
FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES
can include services such as day and overnight respite and parental training for family members of an individual who suffers…
FAST MUSCLE FIBER
is a type of muscle fibre, however, the binary opposite to slow muscle fibres. Fast muscle fibres are found in…
FEAR APPEAL
is one method of changing and individuals opinion or view of a specific concept or ideal; through using the fear…
FEATURE ABSTRACTION
Hypothetical process where a person learns from experience with the exemplars of different categories where features are used to describe…
FEELING OF REALITY
the sense that the world is tangible that can be lost in mild dissociative conditions and in more serious disorders…
FEMININITY PHASE
This period occurs during the early phases of the OEDIPUS complex in which both boys and girls adopt a feminine…
FESTINGER, LEON
This man was hired as a statistician for World War II and was involved in the training and selection of…