FORMAL OPERATIONS
Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development. These are the fully developed intellectual functions of abstract thinking, logical processes, judgement and…
FOUR-DAY WEEK
the name that is applied to the working week that has only 4 working days of 10 hours rather than…
FRAME-OF-ORIENTATION NEED
the need of a person to develop and synthesise their major assumptions and ideas into a coherent view of the…
FREE VARIATION
Linguistics. the state where variant forms of the same linguistic unit appear on an apparently random basis. Used in phonology…
FREUDIAN SLIP
an unconscious error or an oversight in speaking, writing and actions that is caused by the breakthrough of unacceptable impulses…
FUGITIVE LITERATURE
These are the research findings that have not been published in archival sources, dissertations, papers presented at meetings, papers either…
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
1. Detailed analysis of a behaviour to identify contingencies that sustain the behaviour. 2. Synthesis of a client's behaviour problems…
FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY
a form of family therapy that focuses on both family interaction patterns and on the benefits family members may derive…
FUNCTIONAL REORGANIZATION
These are the changes that occur after a brain injury to enable other areas of the brain to take over…
FABRICATION
is a term which can be applied to a number of examples; for example, fabrication may refer to the act…
FACIAL MUSCLE
is an umbrella term used to describe any of the muscles which are found in the face which are responsible…
FACTOR METHOD
is a basic and simple term which is used to describe the method during which factors which are extracted from…
FAIL-SAFE DESIGN
refers to the design of a specific object, where the project team would have taken all reasonable steps to remove…
FALSE ALARM
is one of the signal detection tasks, where an incorrect observation by a participant in an experiment may be present…
FALSE-BELIEF TASK
are typically associated with theory-of-mind studies where they are tasks during which children must infer that another understand or possess…
FAMILY GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY
is one of the many strands of group therapy, whereby the family group which is affect is 'treated' opposed to…