FEEDING CENTER
the traditional name for the region of the lateral hypothalamus in the brain that, when stimulated, produces eating behavior. Also…
FEMALE ORGASMIC DISORDER
the absence of female orgasm following normal sexual stimulation. This may be a lifelong problem or it may have developed…
FERAL CHILDREN
This term is applied to children that reportedly have been raised by wild animals and isolated from human contact. An…
FETAL TOBACCO SYNDROME
a condition in infants born to mothers who smoked excessively during pregnancy and is marked by low birth weight.
FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT
the term that describes the Gestalt perceptual phenomenon where a shift of vision from the first figure superimposes its image…
FINITE-STATE GRAMMAR
Noam Chomsky in 1957, proposed that grammar generated a sentence one unit at a time in a sequence from left…
FIXED CLASS SOCIETY
the name that is applied to a society that has very little or no social mobility. An example is the…
FLEETING PRESENT
a term that is used to describe the ever changing present moment of our conscious experience. This was defined by…
FLIGHT INTO REALITY
The defensive reaction where a person becomes over-involved in activity and work as an unconscious means of avoiding threatening situations…
FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY
a term applied to the degree to which the symmetry of body parts of individuals will vary from the norm…
FLUVOXAMINE
the name that has been given to a potent SSRI that is used to mainly treat obsessive compulsive disorders.
FOCUS OF ATTENTION
the term that is applied to that aspect of an internal or external event to which a person's attention is…
FOLK PSYCHOLOGY
1. The explanation and prediction of behaviour of others using references to their mental states. . 2. Obsolete name for…
FOOTEDNESS
a term that is used for the preferential use of one foot rather than the other, for example, in kicking.
FOREGROUNDING
Technique of high lighting certain aspects of a complex stimulus to make them the focus of our attention. A speaker…
FORGIVENESS
To wilfully put aside any feelings of resentment you may have towards a person who has committed a wrong, has…