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FLOWER-SPRAY ENDING

the name given to the nerve fibre ending that is at the thin ends of a muscle spindle where the…

FLUPHENAZINE

the name of a high potency antipsychotic drug with side effects of neuron-muscular and extrapyramidal symptoms. It is available in…

FOCUS

the term that is used to describe the concentration and centring of our attention on a single stimulus.

FOLIE A TROIS

Another shared psychotic disorder where 3 people in the same family share the same or similar delusions. French for triple…

FOOD-INTAKE REGULATION

an ability to adjust food eaten to take into account many different environmental conditions, such as temperature, energy used, calorie…

FORCEPS INJURY

the name that is given to an in jury taht occurs at birth by using forceps to deliver the baby.…

FOREWARNING OF PERSUASIVE INTENT

the term that is applied to the receipt of information that a subsequent communication is meant to change the attitude…

FORMAL REASONING

the reasoning that we use that entails using operations of formal logic. See deductive reasoning; logic.

FORWARD CONDITIONING

Pavlovian conditioning. the pairing of 2 stimuli that are presented before the unconditioned stimulus. Also called forward pairing. Compare backward…

FOURIER SPECTRUM

the name that is given to a graph of amplitude as a function of frequency for all the sine waves…

FRAMING EFFECT

1. See atmosphere effect. 2. See framing.

FREEBASE

1. The highly concentrated and chemically changed form of cocaine made by treating it with ether. 2. To smoke this…

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

the term for the analysis of frequency changes in event related potentials.

FRICATIVE 1

the term that describes a speech sound made by forcing air through a narrow opening of the vocal tract against…

FRONTAL LOBE

one of the four main lobes of each cerebral hemisphere lying in front of the central sulcus. It is concerned…

FULFILLMENT MODEL

a basic model of personality theory based on assumptions of primary motivation being self-fulfilment such as the drive to fulfil…

FUNCTIONAL ASYMMETRY

the term for the perceptual superiority of one eye or one ear for certain stimuli. The right ear may be…

FUNCTIONAL HEARING DISORDERS

the name applied to various auditory impairments for which there is no known biological cause.

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

These are the activities that will develop from aptitudes like mechanical ability, artistic talent and writing.

FUTURE ORIENTATION

a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.