FEEDING BEHAVIOR
the behaviour in taking nourishment for survival. In people it starts as the sucking and swallowing reflexes, self demand for…
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
a procedure performed on the genitals of prepubescent or pubescent girls in some African and Asian cultures. Female genital mutilation…
FETAL STAGE
the final stage of human prenatal development, from the 8th or 9th week after fertilisation to the time of birth.…
FIDUCIARY 1
term used to describe the relationship where a person holds a position of trust in relation to another and is…
FILIAL RESPONSIBILITY
a term that is used to describe a person's sense of duty towards members of their own family and in…
FINGER TAPPING TEST
the name that is given to a test that is a measure of a person's fine motor speed when they…
FISHER'S R TO Z TRANSFORMATION
the mathematical transformation of the product-moment correlation coefficient to a new statistic whose sampling distribution is the normal distribution. It…
FIXATION REFLEX
the term that is given to a reflex that orients the eyes onto a fixed target. It uses cortical and…
FLIGHT INTO ILLNESS
1. The tendency a person has to exaggerate minor complaints in order to avoid stressful situations. 2. Psychotherapy. Sudden development…
FLOWING CONSCIOUSNESS
the term that describes a pleasurable sense of flow and the effortlessness that accompanies skilled and non-conflicting activities.
FLUTTERING HEARTS
a visual illusion where figures in one colour are presented on a background with the same level of brightness but…
FOCUS GROUP
group of about 12 people with common characteristics who have been selected to discuss a topic. A leader starts the…
FOLK BILINGUALISM
a type of bilingualism that is associated with working-class immigrant communities where the native language is primarily oral and its…
FOOT-CANDLE (FC)
a term that was used to describe luminescence that has been replaced by the lux. One foot candle is equal…
FOREGROUND-BACKGROUND
used in our perception and is the distinction between the object of attention, which is the foreground and details in…
FORGETTING
the term that is given to a person's inability to remember or recall a thing that should have been remembered.…