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…
FAMILY SCULPTING
is one of the many activities which are employed during family therapy sessions, where a member of the family will…
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…
FIELD OF REGARD
the term that is used to describe the total space and all of the objects that are in that space…