FALSE DEMENTIA
is a medical phenomena when the condition actually mimics the symptoms of dementia but is in actual fact a simple…
FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA
is otherwise know as the Riley-Day syndrome. Familial dysautonomia is an autosomal recessive disorder which affects primarily the nerve functions…
FAMILY PATTERN
typically fluctuate across different cultures. Family patterns are the characteristic qualities of specific relationships within a family unit or collective…
FARTLEK TRAINING
is one of the many various types of athletic training which involves alternating periods of intense exercise through running for…
FEARED SELF
Self-concept. Mental representation of psychological attributes a person may possess in the future and their fear of them. This fear…
FECAL INCONTINENCE
the involuntary passage of flatulence and feces in inappropriate places (clothing, floor, etc.) that results from loss of bowel control…
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…