FETUS AT RISK (FAR)
A baby with significant risk factors for a disability or illness from parental and familial influences. A baby from diabetic…
FIELD PROPERTIES
the term that is given to the environmental factors that are surrounding and will influence any living organism.
FIGURE-GROUND DISTORTION
a term that is used to describe the interference that is caused by an object's setting where the viwer cannot…
FILTER THEORY
1. The theory of attention proposing that unattended channels of information are filtered prior to identification. 2. An explanation in…
FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA
the first time a person suffers an episode of schizophrenia when they meet the certain criteria needed for it to…
FIXED-TIME SCHEDULE
Used in conditioning. The circumstances under which an event is delivered that is independent of other events at fixed intervals…
FLEXOR MUSCLE
the name that is given to the muscle whose contraction will cause a bend of a limb. An example is…
FLUID INTELLIGENCE
the name of the form of intelligence that comprises all of our fluid abilities. See fluid crystallised intelligence theory.
FOCAL LENGTH
Name given to the distance between the surface of a lens and the point at which it focuses the light…
FOCUSING POWER
the name for the degree to which a converging lens will cause parallel light rays to be refracted. A high…
FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING
1. The steps taken by a therapist to help a client with any ongoing problems or new symptoms that may…
FORCED COMPLIANCE EFFECT
the tendency of a person who has behaved in a way that contradicts their attitude to subsequently alter the attitude…
FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK
Application of social work principles and techniques to legal issues or situations involving the law, civil and criminal. It includes…
FORMAL GRAMMAR
a term that is applied to the description of language in terms of its form and structure as opposed to…
FORMICOPHILIA
a term that is used to describe the sexual interest and pleasure that is derived from small animals, insects and…
FOUNDER EFFECT
the name that is applied to the occurrence of a mutation of an increased frequency in a population because of…