FRAME OF REFERENCE
1. Social psychology. the set of assumptions or criteria that a person or group judges ideas, actions and experiences. 2.…
FREE RECALL
a term used in memory experiments where a person is asked to recall a list of items. The list can…
FREGOLI'S PHENOMENON
the term for a syndrome where a person will identify different people as the persecutor as he thinks they can…
FREUD, ANNA
Sigmund Freud's youngest daughter. Contributed to the theory and practice of psychoanalysis with her studies of defence mechanisms. Pioneer in…
FROHLICH'S SYNDROME
this is the name of a disorder that is caused by the under functioning of the anterior lobe of the…
FRUSTRATIVE NONREWARD HYPOTHESIS
a proposition that consistently withholding reinforcement of responses during operant or instrumental conditioning leads to an internal state of frustration…
FUNCTIONAL AMBLYOPIA
the term for poor vision occurring in a normal eye that is due to improper use during childhood. Causes can…
FUNCTIONAL DYSPAREUNIA
the name given to a sexual dysfunction where there is a recurrent and consistent pain associated with coitus. Doesn't include…
FUNCTIONAL PLATEAU
the term for a relatively stable level of physical or psychological functioning that is characteristic of a person in a…
FACIAL EXPRESSION
was first theorized and discussed by the British biologist Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) as a form of communication between…
FACTOR ANALYSIS
is the mathematical process during which a larger set of variables is reduced to better accommodate the experimental design to…
FACULTY PSYCHOLOGY
was first proposed by the 18th century by Scottish philosophers Thomas Reid (1710 - 1796) and Dugald Stewart (1753 -…
FALLOPIAN TUBE
is one of the slender fleshy tubes found predominantly in the mammal kingdom that allow the passage of ova (egg…
FALSE SELF
was one of the primary canons postulated by the British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott (1896 - 1971) in the larger and…
FAMILY CONSTELLATION
has also been associated with Alfred Adler; the family constellation refers to the collection of relationships within a particular family…
FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY
is otherwise known as the Bowen Family Systems Theory. Family systems theory is a broad conceptual model which is the…
FAT METABOLISM
is an umbrella term which is used to describe all the biochemical processes which are involved in the breakdown, manufacture,…
FEAR OF COMMITMENT
is observed globally in a range of real-life applications from marriage to a new career, where the individual will feel…