FIXATION PAUSE
a term that is used to describe a period when the eyes are focused directly on an object they are…
FLAT AFFECT
a term used for the absence or apparent absence of emotional response to any situation or event. Also called emotional…
FLIGHT INTO FANTASY
the term for a defensive reaction where a person who is experiencing disturbing thoughts will retreat into a fantasy world…
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…
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…
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…