FALLING OUT
is otherwise known as blacking out, or the falling sickess. Falling out is seemingly culture-bound, found primarily in the United…
FALSE REJECTION
is considered an inability to detect and internalize a signal or stimulus which it is presented through an auditory channel,…
FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL,
was first proposed by the U.S. psychiatrist Murray Bowen in the 1950s (1913 - 1990) as an extension to the…
FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS
is one of the many nuclei found deep in the cerebellum which then projects into the vestibular nuclei and the…
FEAR DRIVE
with respect to two-factor theory of avoidance learning, a conditioned or learned aversion to a specific situation (such as electrocution)…
FEATURE DETECTION THEORY
a theory that states that all complex stimuli are able to be broken down into individual parts or features each…
FEDERATION OF BEHAVIORAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
the association of scientific societies with interests in basic research on problems of behaviour, psychology, language, education, and knowledge systems…
FEELING THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS
The theory defines different emotions characterised by different combinations. Also called tridimensional theory of feeling; Wundt's tridimensional theory of emotion.
FETAL ACTIVITY
the term applied to the activity level of the foetus during intrauterine development that includes kicking or other movements,
FETUS AT RISK (FAR)
A baby with significant risk factors for a disability or illness from parental and familial influences. A baby from diabetic…
FIELD PROPERTIES
the term that is given to the environmental factors that are surrounding and will influence any living organism.
FIGURE-GROUND DISTORTION
a term that is used to describe the interference that is caused by an object's setting where the viwer cannot…
FILTER THEORY
1. The theory of attention proposing that unattended channels of information are filtered prior to identification. 2. An explanation in…
FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA
the first time a person suffers an episode of schizophrenia when they meet the certain criteria needed for it to…
FIXED-TIME SCHEDULE
Used in conditioning. The circumstances under which an event is delivered that is independent of other events at fixed intervals…
FLEXOR MUSCLE
the name that is given to the muscle whose contraction will cause a bend of a limb. An example is…